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Firestone Tire & Rubber Company secured rights to build vast rubber plantations in Liberia nearly 100 years ago. Today, local residents are still waiting for resettlement benefits that were promised to their ancestors. Justice and compensation looks unlikely as half of Liberian land is now controlled by foreign investors.

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@Mr-Snuggles • 3 Years Ago

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Firestone Tire & Rubber Company secured rights to build vast rubber plantations in Liberia nearly 100 years ago. Today, local residents are still waiting for resettlement benefits that were promised to their ancestors. Justice and compensation looks unlikely as half of Liberian land is now controlled by foreign investors.

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Jonathan

@Jonathan_Brown • 3 Years Ago

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There are similar issues we see in other democratic states .In fact the government is accountable to the people in term of ethics and governance irrespective of class,ethnicity,etc.But in practice the democratic states are run by the elite,for the elite,to the elite.

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@Jonathan_Brown • 3 Years Ago

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There are similar issues we see in other democratic states .In fact the government is accountable to the people in term of ethics and governance irrespective of class,ethnicity,etc.But in practice the democratic states are run by the elite,for the elite,to the elite.