Sri Lanka is falling apart

[big ron]

Don’t know if its me but this doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of attention right now in the UK. Sri Lanka is basically fucked. National debt defats leading to being unable to operate as a country. Power outages, no oil, lack of essentials etc. It’s really wild and doesn’t look like its going to get any better.

Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens

Ban on sales to everything except essential services comes as nation tries to conserve fuel supplies that are barely enough to last a single day

www.theguardian.com

 

[Iguana]

"Four out of five people in Sri Lanka have started skipping meals as they cannot afford to eat, the UN has said, warning of a looming “dire humanitarian crisis” with millions in need of aid."

Oh shit. Absolutely awful.

This is the first I'd heard of this! Too far away I guess

 

[Penelope]

They put in an absolutely insane reform about a year or two ago that all agriculture had to be organic...which led to agriculture there completely collapsing (in terms of producing the level of output needed to sustain their population) in the space of a year. Which everyone involved with the decision had been warned about in the process. Mental.

 

[big ron]

They put in an absolutely insane reform about a year or two ago that all agriculture had to be organic...which led to agriculture there completely collapsing (in terms of producing the level of output needed to sustain their population) in the space of a year. Which everyone involved with the decision had been warned about in the process. Mental.

Yeah I went down a bit of a Twitter rabbit hole after posting and read that, and the inevitable conspiracy theories that it was all deliberate. Great Reset etc.

 

[Beverley]

The ruling dynasty need to PISS OFF

 

[jivafox]

They’ve stormed the palace and the president has had to flee

 

[Lucille]

TAKE NOTES PEOPLE.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

The PM has offered to resign.

BRITAIN PROUDLY LEADS THE WAY AGAIN!