Comments by "something like that" (@somethinglikethat2176) on "What Raiding the Rich Did For Malaysia" video.

Probably good by the standards of the time. Brutal to the poor Indian workers however. The sad part is that it might have been possible to give them reasonably better pay and conditions without too much of a negative impact on those industries. Then they would have had a policy which was financially sound, legal by international laws and standards (corporate raiding was both legal and quite common back then), improved the lives of its people and not damaging to the country's image as an investment destination. It is very unfortunate for the Indian plantation workers and I'm not sure what happened to the people remaining with stock in the company post-Malay government control, however without sounding too callous, those things were normal for the time and the policy was successful and positive for the country. Edit: Yeah definitely not fair for everyone.
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