Answer the question, bucko.

  • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The Divide by Jason Hickel. It's good, but I'm halfway through and it's just getting into the meat of the thesis. He spends a good while setting up the history of colonialism and imperialist coups, which if you read enough lefty books you've read a lot of these summaries.

    • Homestar440 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I love rereading the opening chunk where he lays waste to the Pinker perspective, cathartic

    • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I'm finding it pretty tough reading on the subject matter front because every time I see something on how much fuckery the World Bank and the IMF have gotten away with I go all :meow-tableflip:

      • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I thought it was interesting that he argues that the structural adjustments weren't originally part of the WTO/IMF program, but were adopted after a coup of the leadership that left the psycho Robert McNamara in charge.

    • yesteryearscum [des/pair,she/her]
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      2 years ago

      i haven't read the divide, but i started into less is more by hickel a while ago. it definitely feels more lib-friendly but without holding back critiques of capitalism and imperialism. he takes a while to build to his thesis in that too, but i love the grounding in material reality that he sets up to get to his thesis.

      i'll have to check out the divide!