• theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      TBF they literally won a total war against the greatest military powers back to back and built the foundation for one of the rising stars of the region today.

      Something like 90% home ownership rates, a HOT labor market, low cost of living, incredible food, a friendly and honest culture, 4.4% poverty rate, a serious effort to improve development metrics (universal healthcare, literacy rate, maternal care, etc)…

      Sure sounds like the fight was worth it compared to how the US-aligned developing countries turned out.

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        2 months ago

        Sure sounds like the fight was worth it compared to how the US-aligned developing countries turned out.

        Yeah, who would want to be a shithole like South Korea or Taiwan? /s

        The fight of Vietnam against American occupation was correct on its own merits - namely, that of the morality of national self-determination. Trying to bring in other criteria doesn’t strengthen the point, and can very well weaken it.