Something's Fishy

[decrypt_era]

Give someone a fish
and they'll eat for a day.

Teach them to fish
and they can eat for life.

Avoid bombing or otherwise clearing the forest
from which they make fishing rods and boats,
refrain from growing cheap beef or coffee
on land where they might raise or gather the fibre crop
which they use to make thread and nets,
fail to poison bodies of water near their home where fish swim,
and they could show you they knew how to fish all along.

Try not to shoot at them,
hold off asking them to repay loans made from wealth
your ancestors stole quite recently from their ancestors,
resist buying cheap natural resources from nearby warlords,
especially the produce of forced labour,
restrain yourself from selling weapons to same,
and generally keep your god damn hands off them
while they fish,
and they might get quite good at catching fish,
maybe offer you a fair swap for some excess seafood.

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