when it comes to africa for example i was taught that they're poor cause their land isn't harvestable or some bullshit like that, and then i find out as an adult it's actually cause western countries fucked the shit out of them and huh that makes a lot more sense

  • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    these are material drivers, but when we look at how the indigenous groups in Bolivia still can’t get along with the bourgeois European/Spanish elites there, then we know that this shit is working on some cultural level too

    those aren't separate

    or rather, they aren't supposed to be thought of that way

    • volkvulture [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      yes, you're right, but people & things are different...

      and through this perverse accelerating global capitalism & imperialism the phrase "the material relations between people become social relations between things" really stands out. untapped resources are always conveniently where the enemy is