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[โ€“] alvvayson@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The west isn't a person or entity.

A lot of people in the West are doing their best to combat exploitation in poor countries.

But at the end of the day, the West can't stop Xi from oppressing minorities in China, or Putin from attacking Ukraine or Modi from oppressing minorities in India.

The elites in non-western countries have way more influence on those things than western elites do.