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The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the Afghan Taliban (twitter.com)
posted 3 years ago by SupremeReader 3 years ago by SupremeReader +22 / -0
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– SoctaticMethod1 13 points 3 years ago +13 / -0

Probably because they skipped ahead in the tech tree and acquired it not developed it. This happen in a lot of countries after decolonisation that when the Europeans pulled out they left behind a lot of their works but the people that knew how to run them were European.

This left 2 scenarios: They relied on European assistance to keep it going till they could do it themselves

It fell into ruin or was a drain on the country till they could properly utilise it.

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– Adamrises 12 points 3 years ago +12 / -0

The Chinese Documentary "Empire of Dust" is a great look into that very problem. There is an entire scene where the chinaman mocks his workers openly for not being able to create anything in the decades following independence despite having every tool available and knowledge on hand to do so.

Its also the origin of the "Its all so tiresome" meme.

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– ParadigmShift2070 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

"but it'd only been 60 years since we gained independence"

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– RoulerBleu 10 points 3 years ago +10 / -0

These guys swooped the country and BTFO the regular US-trained Afghan army in a matter of days when the Biden admin went ahead with their catastrophic run-away plan.

So I hope the US officials or their cheerleaders aren't thinking about mocking the "rural Talibans", not realizing the self-own.

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– alucard13mmfmj 13 points 3 years ago +13 / -0

Clearly "winning hearts and minds" didnt matter. Its just something our globohomo government to tell our troops to make them feel better. It is sad that all the effort, deaths and money went to waste. Seems countries dont know how to win wars anymore. Kill all the dudes, take their women and land. Its kinda what the globohomo is doing sending third world ME and africans to the west.

The afghan government and police/military is corrupt and borderline retarded too lol.

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– TheRealLiszt 8 points 3 years ago +8 / -0

It is sad that all the effort, deaths and money went to waste.

Don't worry. Bowing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon made off with hundreds of billions in profit. It wasn't a waste, it was an organized heist of tax payer dollars conducted over two decades.

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– AntonioOfVenice 10 points 3 years ago +10 / -0

Based.

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– deleted 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0
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– Sneak_King 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

Who's the author? Searching for the first sentence just came back with obviously unrelated MLK links.

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– deleted 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

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