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View submission: The Guardian View on Development’s Paradox: The Rich Benefit More Than The Poor
I’m sure there are countries who don’t take the money. I doubt you’d rather be living in them
Comment by Fenixius at 21/01/2025 at 02:12 UTC
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This is a type of tragedy of the commons - it's in all developing nations' citizens' individual interests to work for the benefit of a foreign power, because they pay better or provide better opportunities, but doing so makes it harder for their own nation in the long run. It entrenches inequality.
The same dilemma faces everyone who works for megacorps like Amazon or Meta - your employer profits far more from your toil than you do, so you'll never "catch up" to the CEO or directors, but what else can you do? Starving for a good cause is still starving, after all.