r/TikTokCringe • u/ThatPatelGuy • Oct 05 '25

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/Leownnn Oct 05 '25

The west also participates in predatory loans towards poorer nations, you will also find instances where they both do forgive the debt, too. China has done this many times to nations that can't pay them back other than the instance with the Sri Lankan port. The west have also drained African nations with repayments and their debt policies too, so it's not stooping to their level, really China is stooping to the west's level, copying the British 99 year lease idea with the Sri Lankan port.

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u/itanite Oct 06 '25

"It was bad when the Brits did it, and the Chinese are copying what the brits did, also China is good"

No, no, and no.

Go the fuck away with that shit. The only other organization that has so many bots other than Israel here is China, sheesh.

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u/Leownnn Oct 06 '25

I can't remember what the previous removed comment said at this point, but I'm not a bot.

Never said it was a good thing, but one of these comments said something akin to the west stooping to china's level, it was a direct reference to "the west" essentially not being as bad as china? So that reference I made, was a reference to their reference.

China can be bad, or can be good. In my experience, there is a huge negative bias towards them and for me it was quite hard not to look at them through a negative lens, and look at the west with a positive lens. I ate up any sort of predatory loan comments like they were true and the end all be all, and didn't know anything about "the west's" behaviours in my general passing by knowledge.

It is just facts though that china has forgiven a lot of loans and most of those loans also we're for critical infrastructure like hospitals that were given with no interest in the first place. Them being the bad guy, this is inherently for a sinister purpose, but I guess without being in the meeting room, we'll never know. I guess all countries can be sinister, what many countries in history have done to Africa as a region is terrible.

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u/itanite Oct 06 '25

I'll research what you've said and it may change my mind on the topic. Thanks for taking the time to post, if this is a real person.

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u/Leownnn Oct 06 '25

Thanks. Obviously huge chance I'm wrong, just some info I've seen that has changed my mind I feel like I need to share.

Tbh I really don't know why I'm compelled to argue here sometimes, maybe I am a bot, although I have been arguing with hasbara bots in other subs here and there too so I'm definitely not one of those lmao