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If markets would have developed the developing world, a resource rich paradise, they would have done so by now. Instead, they imperially marched in and stole ev
by jadedhacker 8y ago
If markets would have developed the developing world, a resource rich paradise, they would have done so by now. Instead, they imperially marched in and stole everything they could for the benefit of their masters back home. Markets don't sell to poor people, they sell to middle-income and rich people. They steal from the poor to give to the rich. That's the whole idea.
- MrEldritch 8y agoI don't know if you'd noticed, but the developing world has actually gotten smaller. Take just one example: in 1957, South Korea had a lower per-capita GDP than Ghana, and no natural resources to speak of. And speaking of imperialism, the US and USSR throwing their weight around fighting proxy battles and ripping the top half of the country off hadn't exactly helped. Now they're a trade and manufacturing powerhouse, and when South Korea blinks the entire world's supply of memory fluctuates.
- mr_spothawk 8y agoRemember that one time where everybody always buys things from a market, regardless of whether you call their country “developed”? Remember how class has nothing to do with supply and demand? I do. Perhaps it’s me, but ur comment’s anti-imperial skew makes me think you’ve gotten an imperial education.