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s0nicfan
03/11/24 3:17:17 PM
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Didnt see any topics on it, but gangs have more or less taken control of the entire nation. They're threatening civil war and genocide if the government doesn't resign.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68531759
More details in the article, but basically:
A prime minister unable to return, violent gangs in control of the capital and dead bodies piling up on the streets: Haiti is currently a nation about as close to a failed state as it's possible to be.

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UnfairRepresent
03/11/24 3:18:14 PM
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Yeah I've heard overwhelming warnings telling people not to travel there

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Xenogears15
03/11/24 3:18:41 PM
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Absolutely sad to see. I was wondering why I was seeing so many Hatian asylum seekers and immigrants lately. I knew things were bad over there, but not THAT bad.

At the same time, I really hope we don't go over there to reestablish order, but I don't know what else can be done.

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modena
03/11/24 3:20:07 PM
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I read earlier Marines were sent in to help get U.S personnel out from the embassy overnight.


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Guide
03/11/24 3:20:44 PM
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Huh. How do you come back from that?

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UnholyMudcrab
03/11/24 3:21:34 PM
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It really can't be overstated just how badly the rest of the world has failed Haiti over the course of its history.

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Lordgold666
03/11/24 3:22:16 PM
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Didnt drumpf used to call haiti a shithole?

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Xenogears15
03/11/24 3:22:18 PM
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Guide posted...
Huh. How do you come back from that?

You wait for a warlord to rise from the ashes of the old country to reestablish order, then give them diplomatic recognition. I do not see any othee way, honestly.

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Cocytus
03/11/24 3:22:38 PM
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Yeah I heard

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Hayame_Zero
03/11/24 3:22:49 PM
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Yeah, the current Prime Minister planned the assassination of the last one per the judge who oversaw the case.

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darkace77450
03/11/24 3:23:32 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
It really can't be overstated just how badly the rest of the world has failed Haiti over the course of its history.

Haiti remains my go-to counter to every moronic conservative pointing to Venezuela as proof that socialism doesn't work.
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Guide
03/11/24 3:27:06 PM
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darkace77450 posted...
Haiti remains my go-to counter to every moronic conservative pointing to Venezuela as proof that socialism doesn't work.

<_>
I've read this over 3 times and I don't get it. Haiti, the failed state, is the counter to the antisocialist argument?

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streamofthesky
03/11/24 3:32:53 PM
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Hayame_Zero posted...
Yeah, the current Prime Minister planned the assassination of the last one per the judge who oversaw the case.
Pretty much.

Which is why I've constantly pushed back at the calls for the US to "intervene" militarily. Because those requests came from the illegitimate government of Haiti, asking us to help them quash the rightful protests to their usurpation of power via a coup.
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ScazarMeltex
03/11/24 3:39:07 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
It really can't be overstated just how badly the rest of the world has failed Haiti over the course of its history.
Not just failed, actively fucked them over for decades at a time.

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SgtBash
03/11/24 3:39:27 PM
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Could another country step in to temporarily take over the country, then once they have the situation under control, hand it over to a caretaker Government until elections could be held?

It just seems rather sad that the country has been in decline for decades. I wonder if Wyclef Jean & Jimmy Jean-Louis could use their celebrity status as famous Haitians to call for an end to the violence.

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darkace77450
03/11/24 3:44:02 PM
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Guide posted...
<_>
I've read this over 3 times and I don't get it. Haiti, the failed state, is the counter to the antisocialist argument?

Conservatives often point to Venezuela as proof that socialism doesn't work. In so doing, they ignore all the examples of successfully implemented socialist policies (particularly regarding healthcare) in other, more successful countries. By highlighting Haiti, a capitalist country screwed over by other capitalist countries, one demonstrates how flawed an argument predicated on cherrypicked examples is.
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Guide
03/11/24 3:47:37 PM
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darkace77450 posted...
Conservatives often point to Venezuela as proof that socialism doesn't work. In so doing, they ignore all the examples of successfully implemented socialist policies (particularly regarding healthcare) in other, more successful countries. By highlighting Haiti, a capitalist country screwed over by other capitalist countries, one demonstrates how flawed an argument predicated on cherrypicked examples is.

That broadly makes sense. I was simply confused because arguing against capitalism is not necessarily arguing as a counter to antisocialist arguments.


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Tyranthraxus
03/11/24 4:07:48 PM
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SgtBash posted...
I wonder if Wyclef Jean

This dude literally stole millions from hurricane relief charity for Haiti. Why do you want him to do anything?

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CobraGT
03/11/24 4:10:00 PM
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So the gang plan is to work out a pecking order first and then to woo government officials and corporations?

This is why you need strong trade unions. The people are not organized.

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Goldice
03/11/24 4:14:58 PM
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Guide posted...
Huh. How do you come back from that?

You don't. Not for a long time.

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SgtBash
03/11/24 6:10:31 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...


This dude literally stole millions from hurricane relief charity for Haiti. Why do you want him to do anything?

Read & quote the rest of the post

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Irony
03/11/24 6:13:05 PM
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O'Brien or Destroyer?

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DarkDoc
03/11/24 7:02:17 PM
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ClayGuida
03/11/24 7:04:08 PM
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Yea, they've been completely fucked over by that assassination.

I'm unsure what's happening now, but the first person to rise to power was the leader of a gang and a former top police officer.

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angeleyes94
03/11/24 7:04:58 PM
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The new president is a gang boss called Jimmy barbecue and he eats people?


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Killmonger
03/11/24 7:05:07 PM
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On the verge? What does a country look like if it has collapsed, then?

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Solar_Crimson
03/11/24 7:05:48 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
It really can't be overstated just how badly the rest of the world has failed Haiti over the course of its history.


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thronedfire2
03/11/24 7:07:37 PM
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SgtBash posted...
Could another country step in to temporarily take over the country, then once they have the situation under control, hand it over to a caretaker Government until elections could be held?

It just seems rather sad that the country has been in decline for decades. I wonder if Wyclef Jean & Jimmy Jean-Louis could use their celebrity status as famous Haitians to call for an end to the violence.

outside intervention is why Haiti is the way it is. it has a history of leaders being assassinated or deposed all the way back to the 1500s. This is just the latest one.

the US didn't give enough aid after that major hurricane disaster a few years back(no, Trump throwing paper towels at people doesn't help rebuild after almost the whole country is destroyed). almost all the aid we sent was misused and and didn't help the people at all.

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DrizztLink
03/11/24 7:09:18 PM
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SgtBash posted...
Could another country step in to temporarily take over the country, then once they have the situation under control, hand it over to a caretaker Government until elections could be held?
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Ubergeneral3
03/11/24 11:42:02 PM
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SgtBash posted...
Could another country step in to temporarily take over the country, then once they have the situation under control, hand it over to a caretaker Government until elections could be held?


How could this possibly go wrong?


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lamdakastel
03/11/24 11:52:04 PM
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Haiti has no natural resources to be taken.
Thats why nobody want to go intervene.

Its loss with no chance of profits.
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_____Cait
03/11/24 11:57:26 PM
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So is the government the villain, or the gangs, or is it two crappy groups ruining it for the innocent civilians?

I know the US pretty much ruined the place years ago, but what else is going on here?

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Zikten
03/12/24 12:01:16 AM
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Is this all started from the Prime Minister's murder?
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ForsakenHermit
03/12/24 12:05:10 AM
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Two centuries of turmoil are enough, when will Haiti break the cycle?

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CobraGT
03/12/24 2:00:30 AM
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Potentially Haiti has natural resources. They grow half the world velveteen oil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopogon_zizanioides

and they could grow other high end herbs or spices. Maybe rare orchids.

Haiti has an awesome coastline and bay. There has to be a way of turning that to an asset.

Before C Columbus it was a great place to live.

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FortuneCookie
03/12/24 2:28:31 AM
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ninjaman44
03/12/24 3:12:25 AM
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Saw that a lot of people were posting videos online of that Barbecue guy eating someone's leg. This is fucking insane.

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Zikten
03/12/24 3:30:52 AM
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ninjaman44 posted...
Saw that a lot of people were posting videos online of that Barbecue guy eating someone's leg. This is fucking insane.
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BlueKat
03/12/24 3:48:02 AM
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RadDude9000
03/12/24 3:56:14 AM
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_____Cait posted...
So is the government the villain, or the gangs, or is it two crappy groups ruining it for the innocent civilians?

I know the US pretty much ruined the place years ago, but what else is going on here?
In the end, everything is the US fault, isn't it.

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Dark_Arbron
03/12/24 4:02:41 AM
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_____Cait posted...
So is the government the villain, or the gangs, or is it two crappy groups ruining it for the innocent civilians?

I know the US pretty much ruined the place years ago, but what else is going on here?

When it comes to this kind of situation its almost always both sides being assholes one way or another and the only sympathetic party is those caught in the crossfire. Just like Hamas vs the IDF.

But thats just a guess. It could be different in this case. I havent looked into it.

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Dark_Arbron
03/12/24 4:03:32 AM
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RadDude9000 posted...
In the end, everything is the US fault, isn't it.

Not everything. The USs history of fucking things up pales compared to the UKs.

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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
03/12/24 4:04:21 AM
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Verge?

The only thing its "on the verge of" is not having ANY internationally recognized "official" government until some tribal gangs fight it out and decide who gets to tell each other to do stuff.

It has been in a state of collapse for quite some time now.

Edit: seriously, feral humans are a thing there.


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Zikten
03/12/24 4:05:29 AM
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If I remember right, the first nation to fuck over Haiti was France
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Dark_Arbron
03/12/24 4:12:16 AM
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Zikten posted...
If I remember right, the first nation to fuck over Haiti was France

Ah, cant forget France. And Spain. And Portugal. As far as general fuckery goes, not Haiti specifically.

But as far as fucking people over globally goes, the UK has gotta be up there. It was extorting other countries and stealing their resources (up to and including their literal human resources) before the US even existed.

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Bat178
03/12/24 6:17:53 AM
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So Haiti has become the Somalia of the West?

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CobraGT
03/12/24 9:05:53 PM
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So I am reading this article on VOX news
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/3/12/24098422/haiti-prime-minister-ariel-henry-resigns-gang-violence-g9

but I have never figured out who VOX is. There is a right wing Spanish party called VOX.

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