I doubt it's that no one thought about it. CIA has ops everywhere, and has always had the best spying apparatus available. It's probably that we knew and lied. As always.
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It's not even about if THIS specific strategy would work in America, it's that China approached the problem in Good Faith, in an attempt to make a genuine improvement.
In America, about the best we could hope for would be passing a bill and a budget for an issue, and then it's considered fixed. No accountability, no objectives. And that's the best case scenario.
Worst case scenario is that the whole legislation is a scam to shift money from the Treasury to private pockets. It's a about 3:1 in favor of this strategy, no matter who is in office.
We don't do anything with a Good Faith commitment to solving a problem. It's always about self-aggrandizing, poking the other guy in the eye, or stealing as much money as possible.
This is a great overview of poverty alleviation! What's the source for the video?
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Chinese Poverty Alleviation Studies A Political Economy Perspective by New China Research
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Poverty Alleviation: China's Experience and Contribution by The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
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Serve the People: The Eradication of Extreme Poverty in China by Tricontinental
Just gonna point out for convenience: your third link is set to one of the sources for the tricontinental page, aka it automatically scrolls straight to the bottom of the article.
Thanks!
The video is from Sam's POV
Ngl, this guy's kinda pro-freemarket lib.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: