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So no mention of Imperialism and the vast transfer of wealth from indigenous peoples to their colonial oppressors? Not even a nod? We're rich because we're so f

So no mention of Imperialism and the vast transfer of wealth from indigenous peoples to their colonial oppressors? Not even a nod? We're rich because we're so free and liberated and gosh if these third world knuckleheads would just get it together they'd be just as rich! A+ WSJ.

jack9 10y ago
No, it was some fantastical idea that capitalism is inherently productive. Nevermind that those idea sex pots (what a shitty analogy) would have fallen on their face when you tried to run a steam engine through an existing infrastructure. The wide open plains and untapped resource mining and abundant water and farmlands is the economic plunder wave the US has been riding. This is a 0 value fluff piece about rainbows with pots of gold at the end.
- SonicSoul 10y ago
  I admit I was conned by this article to seem legitimate. Can you recommend some posts/articles/books that are not fluff pieces on this subject? really trying to understand this subject