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Grayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Banana Republic isnt a good thing.

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Banana Republic isnt a good thing.

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Grayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Ok sorry “literal reality, everything you can see in the global north” isn’t good enough for you.

    Here’s one for your book report:

    https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/europe/european-union#:~:text=Exports were %24592.0 billion%3B imports,up 66 percent from 2012.

    The point isn’t just the literal trade though, it’s the global system that the United States has developed (through often imperial means) that many smaller countries benefit from, happily.

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        Just look up United Fruit Company and start reading:

        The banana trade symbolizes economic imperialism, injustices in the global trade market, and the globalization of the agricultural economy. Bananas are also number four on the list of staple crops in the world and one of the biggest profit makers in supermarkets

        It’s not just land grabs by people wearing crowns

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            Sure, modifier, or a type of imperialism, or one of several meanings. It’s how the word is used, including by people in this thread and elsewhere. Therefore the phenomenon is both corporatocracy and imperialism and more.

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