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Sure, which disproves the claim even more.

• CobrastanJorji 9y ago
  I may be really confused here. How is it that Rome being involved in the salt trade disproves the claim that spices, like salt, were the first foods to be subjected to capitalist and imperialist processes of production and distribution?
  • ucaetano 9y ago
    > spices, like salt That's the issue. Spices in the article refer to asian spices in the spice trade, unlike salt, chilli peppers, (which are not native to asia at all), Garum, etc.
    • bllguo 9y ago
      No? He literally compares salt to black pepper in the article.
      • SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
        Spices are plants. Salt is a mineral.
  • Stefstefstef 9y ago
    Salt is not a spice, it's a salt. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice