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Joe Rogan: “China comes in, they pay off the people that are in power in…”

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RZA on Congo Cobalt Mining and Echoes of Past Exploitation

Published | Video Starts at 11:04

I should get paid off of that, right? I should be. I mean, well, you know how it works. China comes in, It's a lot of these are Chinese run. China comes in, they pay off the people that are in power in these areas. And those people will get wealthy. And then all the people that are with the workers, they all get like, pennies, as small a wage as you could possibly pay them to keep them alive. (11:04–11:09)

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Asserts that China influences local leaders in mining regions through financial incentives.

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