/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

They just got connected to the Chinese HSR network.

vast majority of the population remains subsistence peasantry, which is arguably actually fairly impressive considering theres been consistent and effective investment in infrastructure and the country has been growing by standards of bourgeois economic metrics. usually the latter requires aggressive enclosure & immiseration of the former

China is developing and modernizing Laos by giving them unlimited free money. We'll probably start getting red scare fearmongering articles about Laos once they get to Vietnam's development level or higher.

Sometimes Hmong nationalists and royalists shoot people and make a scene, it’s like the reverse of Naxalites

Mostly they get human trafficked into the asian sex industry

>>2401808
You’re getting Laos confused for Thailand and the Philippines

>>2401727
A mountanois landlocked land that follows a national flavor of Dengism. A great history to always talk about with the Red Prince and the movement to expell the lapdogs of imperialism.
Frankly I have only seen documentaries about the chinese trains and the mountanois peoples. The most exciting part was that one of the elders of the family was a soldier and for that he went to the capital and had more opportunities, returning to help the village

>>2401834
No I'm not

Sex trafficking in Laos is human trafficking for sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Laos is primarily an origin country for sexually trafficked persons.[1][2]

Sex trafficking victims in the country are from all ethnic groups in Laos and foreigners. Laos citizens, primarily women and girls, have been sex trafficked into other countries in Asia and different continents.[1] They are threatened[3] and forced into prostitution, marriages, and or pregnancies.[4][5] Sex trafficked victims experience physical and psychological trauma.[3] They contract sexually transmitted diseases from rapes,[6] and abuse and malnutrition are prevalent.[6] Some women and girls are tortured and or murdered.[4]

Sex trafficking and exploitation is pervasive throughout all levels of Laos society. Male and female perpetrators in Laos come from diverse backgrounds. A number of traffickers are members of or facilitated by gangs.[4]

The extent of sex trafficking in Laos is unknown because of the lack of data, the concealed nature of sex trafficking crimes, and other factors. Anti-sex trafficking efforts have been hindered by corruption, indifference, border management problems, and more

Complete and utter contamination by Western unexploded ordinance.

>>2402146
So you're saying that Laos is bourgeois due to their extensive private ownership of unexploded missiles?

>>2402137
hey mr. glowiepedia copypasta, you forgot to remove the citation numbers and ask chatgpt to make it sound more casual

they've not abolished commodities so they're functionally imperialist

>>2403538
They sent mercs to participate in the ukraine russia imperialist war so yes

Laos has a gigabrain strategy.
>Take IMF Loans
>Use them to pay for infrastructure investment
>Pay them back before time
It is the only country that can use the World Bank as an actual bank.

The Giant huntsman spider, the largest spider in the world by leg span, is found ONLY in Laos. It has a leg span of 30 cm (or 1 foot).
For that reason, I will never, EVER, vist Laos even if they achieve a post-scarcity Communist utopia.