Second, the best way to understand your weak spots is through your ideological opponents. I don’t care for capitalism or socialism per se, I just hate disingenuous propaganda.
The so-called right wing platforms are simply stating historical facts from primary sources.
The Third World is not poor. You don’t go to poor countries to make money. There are very few poor countries in this world. Most countries are rich! The Philippines are rich! Brazil is rich! Mexico is rich! Chile is rich! Only the people are poor. But there’s billions to be made there, to be carved out, and to be taken. There’s been billions for 400 years! The capitalist European and North American powers have carved out and taken the timber, the flax, the hemp, the cocoa, the rum, the tin, the copper, the iron, the rubber, the bauxite, the slaves, and the cheap labour. They have taken out of these countries. These countries are not underdeveloped, they’re overexploited!
Exactly thanks, and that’s exactly what I’ve been saying! The exploitation comes from within the countries first, the outsiders help instigate it because it makes sense from a game theory pov. However, many nation states stand as counter examples of how they escaped that.
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At this point I think your ignorance is intentional. To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, it is difficult to get a person to understand something when their self-interest prevents them from understanding it.
I think oppression politics exist solely in the hopes of redistributing wealth to a new cadre of ghouls who won’t be any better than the first. That’s not social justice, it’s revenge.
No, you have it opposite. More powerful nations come in and set up corrupt structures to maintain it, such as the Fascist Batista in Cuba for US interests before he was overthrown by the Communists.
What do you mean? It’s commonly known that Western Europe and the US colonized the world and rode on the backs of slavery for centuries, the modern form of which is Imperialism. Cuba is a great example, the US installed the Batista regime to profit off of slave labor and tried to send death squads to thwart the Cuban Revolution, which ultimately failed, leaving Cubans free from direct exploitation by the US Empire. Cuba is still subject to brutal embargo because the US Empire never forgave Cubans for freeing themselves from slavery and hurting US profits.
The U.S. or western nations were hardly the first to do it, but the way things came together at that point in history certainly helped.
Regardless, many countries which exploited the trans-Atlantic slave trade aren’t even that successful now, relative to the U.S. so it’s not just slavery which made America what it is.
I did not say that only the US has used slaves. I am explaining that colonialism and Imperialism have been ongoing processes for the last several centuries and explain where the wealth in the Global North comes from, and it’s from stealing it from the Global South. You seem to be intentionally missing the point out of a sense of contrarianism.
Again, I don’t know how to explain this in clearer terms, the Global South has been intentionally overexploited and looted by the Global North for centuries. It is the fault of countries you uphold as role models as well as others like the United States.
I think that’s a fair point, to a degree. But again to my point, that’s a huge generalization and ignores many, many successful countries which overcame incredible odds. It’s important to understand why their success happened so similar models can be used in other countries. And no, their problems aren’t just “exploitation”, that’s just wishful and simplistic thinking. Is there exploitation, yes. Is it because of “western nations”, not necessarily. The corruption and greed is an inherent problem in many of these countries, it existed without the help of outsiders.
Depending on countries to “overcome incredible odds,” ie violently eject colonizers and imperialists, and tacitly supporting said system of Imperialism makes little sense. Their success happened because of violently ejecting Imperialists.
Secondly, I am not talking about exploitation within Imperialized countries, but by Imperialist countries. Shacking up countries in debt traps and using loopholes to sieze infrastructure like ports and natural resources is how the Global North violently steals from the Global South, and maintains this with many military bases to prevent resistance.
If you don’t want to admit that some of these countries are wholly disinterested in their own people, then don’t. Countries like those in BRIC, minus S, and only including the name-only ones are great examples of the kind of countries which overcame possible exploitation.
So no, it’s not just an outside baddie exploitation problem. Do those countries have their own issues, yes. Do they have the best systems, no. Does any country? Not necessarily.
Let’s be honest, a lot of political games make fools of us all, and it’s hard to judiciously determine the optimal system for economic development or social development outside of the context of history. Nothing has happened in a vacuum, and everything is tainted by history. The only thing we can hope for is fairness, justice and equity for everyone as best as we can provide, while not sacrificing the self-actualization of others. What really triggers me though is how people say disingenuous things about their ideology of choice, and that just makes me want to say the counterpoint, even if I agree on some aspects.
Countries are made up of people. People care about their fellow countrymen, the difference here is that Africa and Latin America have been utterly looted and colonized for centuries, the colonizers setting up skeleton states to maintain imperialism and neocolonialism. This is not a culture issue, a race issue, or a moral failing, but an economic problem caused by centuries of looting and pillaging.
As for BRICS? China had a Communist revolution to throw out the Imperialists, same as Russia (who re-nationalized after the West swooped in during the fall of the USSR, now resulting in Nationalist Capitalism), India largely has had an incomplete overthrow of Imperialists and as such has seen further impoverishment, and more.
You actually agree with us and with Chinese Communists, who believe everyone’s path to a better society will be different. However, where we differ is that we have spent the time studying history, theory new and old, and have come to the conclusion that all of these different solutions will come in the form of Socialism with various Characteristics. Additionally, we don’t blame victims, but oppressors.
Where do you think nationalism comes from in colonized and Imperialized countries? A desire to overthrow their oppressors. Read The Wretched of the Earth.
She’s got an excuse for everything. They’re shit excuses to historical materialists, but they’re good enough for corporate social media platforms. She should write Langley’s Liberal International Orderhasbara handbook.
Some of those countries don’t even have plumbing.
Second, the best way to understand your weak spots is through your ideological opponents. I don’t care for capitalism or socialism per se, I just hate disingenuous propaganda.
The so-called right wing platforms are simply stating historical facts from primary sources.
Michael Parenti: Africa is rich. Quote from a similar speech:
Exactly thanks, and that’s exactly what I’ve been saying! The exploitation comes from within the countries first, the outsiders help instigate it because it makes sense from a game theory pov. However, many nation states stand as counter examples of how they escaped that.
It seems you’re going way out of your way to aggressively not understand how imperialism and neocolonialism work, nor compradors’ role in it.
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At this point I think your ignorance is intentional. To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, it is difficult to get a person to understand something when their self-interest prevents them from understanding it.
I think oppression politics exist solely in the hopes of redistributing wealth to a new cadre of ghouls who won’t be any better than the first. That’s not social justice, it’s revenge.
No, you have it opposite. More powerful nations come in and set up corrupt structures to maintain it, such as the Fascist Batista in Cuba for US interests before he was overthrown by the Communists.
Oh please, forget it. You think they didn’t do that in countries which succeeded?
What do you mean? It’s commonly known that Western Europe and the US colonized the world and rode on the backs of slavery for centuries, the modern form of which is Imperialism. Cuba is a great example, the US installed the Batista regime to profit off of slave labor and tried to send death squads to thwart the Cuban Revolution, which ultimately failed, leaving Cubans free from direct exploitation by the US Empire. Cuba is still subject to brutal embargo because the US Empire never forgave Cubans for freeing themselves from slavery and hurting US profits.
Many countries used other people as slaves, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery
The U.S. or western nations were hardly the first to do it, but the way things came together at that point in history certainly helped.
Regardless, many countries which exploited the trans-Atlantic slave trade aren’t even that successful now, relative to the U.S. so it’s not just slavery which made America what it is.
https://www.statista.com/chart/22057/countries-most-active-trans-atlantic-slave-trade/
Now days slavery is not just a west only problem though. But the west is more honest about its history than most in this regard.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-still-have-slavery
I did not say that only the US has used slaves. I am explaining that colonialism and Imperialism have been ongoing processes for the last several centuries and explain where the wealth in the Global North comes from, and it’s from stealing it from the Global South. You seem to be intentionally missing the point out of a sense of contrarianism.
Again, I don’t know how to explain this in clearer terms, the Global South has been intentionally overexploited and looted by the Global North for centuries. It is the fault of countries you uphold as role models as well as others like the United States.
I think that’s a fair point, to a degree. But again to my point, that’s a huge generalization and ignores many, many successful countries which overcame incredible odds. It’s important to understand why their success happened so similar models can be used in other countries. And no, their problems aren’t just “exploitation”, that’s just wishful and simplistic thinking. Is there exploitation, yes. Is it because of “western nations”, not necessarily. The corruption and greed is an inherent problem in many of these countries, it existed without the help of outsiders.
Depending on countries to “overcome incredible odds,” ie violently eject colonizers and imperialists, and tacitly supporting said system of Imperialism makes little sense. Their success happened because of violently ejecting Imperialists.
Secondly, I am not talking about exploitation within Imperialized countries, but by Imperialist countries. Shacking up countries in debt traps and using loopholes to sieze infrastructure like ports and natural resources is how the Global North violently steals from the Global South, and maintains this with many military bases to prevent resistance.
If you don’t want to admit that some of these countries are wholly disinterested in their own people, then don’t. Countries like those in BRIC, minus S, and only including the name-only ones are great examples of the kind of countries which overcame possible exploitation.
So no, it’s not just an outside baddie exploitation problem. Do those countries have their own issues, yes. Do they have the best systems, no. Does any country? Not necessarily.
Let’s be honest, a lot of political games make fools of us all, and it’s hard to judiciously determine the optimal system for economic development or social development outside of the context of history. Nothing has happened in a vacuum, and everything is tainted by history. The only thing we can hope for is fairness, justice and equity for everyone as best as we can provide, while not sacrificing the self-actualization of others. What really triggers me though is how people say disingenuous things about their ideology of choice, and that just makes me want to say the counterpoint, even if I agree on some aspects.
Countries are made up of people. People care about their fellow countrymen, the difference here is that Africa and Latin America have been utterly looted and colonized for centuries, the colonizers setting up skeleton states to maintain imperialism and neocolonialism. This is not a culture issue, a race issue, or a moral failing, but an economic problem caused by centuries of looting and pillaging.
As for BRICS? China had a Communist revolution to throw out the Imperialists, same as Russia (who re-nationalized after the West swooped in during the fall of the USSR, now resulting in Nationalist Capitalism), India largely has had an incomplete overthrow of Imperialists and as such has seen further impoverishment, and more.
You actually agree with us and with Chinese Communists, who believe everyone’s path to a better society will be different. However, where we differ is that we have spent the time studying history, theory new and old, and have come to the conclusion that all of these different solutions will come in the form of Socialism with various Characteristics. Additionally, we don’t blame victims, but oppressors.
The common thread in successful countries is not overthrowing of “imperialists”, it’s nationalism.
Where do you think nationalism comes from in colonized and Imperialized countries? A desire to overthrow their oppressors. Read The Wretched of the Earth.
She’s got an excuse for everything. They’re shit excuses to historical materialists, but they’re good enough for corporate social media platforms. She should write Langley’s Liberal International Order hasbara handbook.