

In practice they have been pretty hands off as they develop the global south afaik.
They’re also only doing it for its resources, I think you could realistically assume, but it can’t be denied that their approach has brought much better results than America’s so far.
so happy for liberals on the internet to finally have their own thought terminating cliche in “tankies”, the jealousy for “woke” must have been overwhelming
insomuch as USAID was a tool for exerting soft power by lifting up global communities and spreading goodwill for America through humanitarian effort, I support what it was, I didn’t want to see it gutted. insomuch as China is exerting soft power by building infrastructure and investing in industry, it’d be nice to see the US exert a little soft power against us citizens from time to time.