Two layers of electrified, barbed wire, with armed guards to keep a colony secure. Colonialism has never actually ended

  • opposide [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    They actually make Morocco do most of the patrolling in exchange for trade opportunities with the EU :agony-acid:

    They recreated marches as border states

    • jabrd [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Perhaps imperialism truly is the highest stage of capitalism :thinkin-lenin:

      • opposide [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        The EU makes Turkey do the same. While they destroyed Syria and then refused refugees, they made Turkey take refugees in exchange for trade opportunities.

        The European nations complained about taking a few thousand refugees. Turkey took in literal millions

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      European liberals doesn't like to see the violent practicalities of enforcing the border, so instead of doing it themselves, they outsource it.

    • PeludoPorFavor [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Harsha Walia talks about this outsourcing of security in her recent book Border and Rule

      • opposide [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        A vassal state on the edge of an empire that basically guards the frontier to protect the empire’s heartland.