The welfare state in Scandinavia is funded by the past spoils of exploitation, and by the continued dividends and imperial privilege. Without that wealth, the welfare state disappears
I live in a house that was built by other people from materials taken from somewhere else and delivered by other people.
If I had to build the house myself from materials that I, myself went out and brought home, would I be in the same material position as a child who was born and lived their life in a home or would the child technically be given a "leg up"? The kid didn't need to source, pay for, and collect the materials or assemble the materials into a house.
But that's kinda what everybody is trying to say in answer to you.
Sure, there's probably an argument to be made that the imperialist projects of those countries' past doesn't exist anymore but the benefits from those times didn't go away. And it seems important (at least to me) to maybe not forget it. :edgeworth-shrug:
Like, if those Nordic countries were required to pay back the ill gotten gains from their past imperialist projects, would the labor/socialist movements been able to win their fights?
Wow, you're right, there are no permanent benefits of exploitation and capital that countries benefit from over time, I can't believe I didn't see that
The welfare state in Scandinavia is funded by the past spoils of exploitation, and by the continued dividends and imperial privilege. Without that wealth, the welfare state disappears
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Totally missing the point
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Over simplified example:
I live in a house that was built by other people from materials taken from somewhere else and delivered by other people.
If I had to build the house myself from materials that I, myself went out and brought home, would I be in the same material position as a child who was born and lived their life in a home or would the child technically be given a "leg up"? The kid didn't need to source, pay for, and collect the materials or assemble the materials into a house.
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But that's kinda what everybody is trying to say in answer to you.
Sure, there's probably an argument to be made that the imperialist projects of those countries' past doesn't exist anymore but the benefits from those times didn't go away. And it seems important (at least to me) to maybe not forget it. :edgeworth-shrug:
Like, if those Nordic countries were required to pay back the ill gotten gains from their past imperialist projects, would the labor/socialist movements been able to win their fights?
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Wow, you're right, there are no permanent benefits of exploitation and capital that countries benefit from over time, I can't believe I didn't see that
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