It was very interesting to see the power black out in the USA. a lot of people i know smirked. they now have an experience of being third world, they said. But i guess in a lot of ways, they already are.<\/p>\n
Here are some common characteristics of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Third World\u00e2\u20ac\u009d countries \u00e2\u20ac\u201c oops sorry developing countries \u00e2\u20ac\u201c see if it applies to your country (some of it applies to mine)<\/p>\n
Spend more on the military than on education\/health\/social development<\/p>\n
Subvert the Political Process \u00e2\u20ac\u201c rig elections<\/p>\n
Put people who oppose you in jail<\/p>\n
Create an environment of Hate \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and campaign on the basis of that.<\/p>\n
Handover Utilities such as Water, electricity and telecommunications to buddies who rape the institution and give citizens a poor service<\/p>\n
Curtail civil liberties in the name of national interest<\/p>\n
Ensure that your friends, and family have key positions and become amongst the richest in your country \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and they influence Government policy<\/p>\n
Ensure that your poorest become poorer while your richest become richer<\/p>\n
Destroy your manufacturing base, deskill workers and ensure that foreign companies earn the most money and send it out of your country \u00e2\u20ac\u201c while your brands disappear and your people remain jobless and your coffers remain empty<\/p>\n
Go to war with someone, anyone will do (it could even be within your own country) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to ensure that attention is diverted from how fucked up your system is.<\/p>\n
Note to citizens:<\/strong><\/p>\n Citizens \u00e2\u20ac\u201c buy candles, boil water, and ensure you have your savings in gold \u00e2\u20ac\u201c you are not quite sure whether anything will last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was very interesting to see the power black out in the USA. a lot of people i know smirked. they now have an experience of being third world, they said. But i guess in a lot of ways, they already are….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-and-finally"],"yoast_head":"\n