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And in the meantime, capitalists like Musk threaten to coup “whoever they want” for their lithium, worsening conditions and tightening control over the global s
by babelfish 4y ago
And in the meantime, capitalists like Musk threaten to coup “whoever they want” for their lithium, worsening conditions and tightening control over the global south
- passerby1 4y agoCould you give some examples of coups for resources other that oil?
- colechristensen 4y agoPlenty in the mid 20th century in South America, etc over agricultural resources. Hawaii too.
- smnrchrds 4y agoBananas, hence the term "banana republic".
- babelfish 4y agoWhy are you omitting coups for oil? They are still coups?
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- zionic 4y agoSigh, that tweet was a joke. It was clearly a joke, come on.
- wallacoloo 4y agofor the HN readers who aren't clued in to everything Elon Musk says over the last two years, i believe parent is referring to this tweet (AFAICT Elon deleted the original, hence screenshot): https://twitter.com/panoparker/status/1318157559266762752 https://twitter.com/panoparker/status/1318157559266762752 "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it." (2020/07/25) -- topic being a coup in Bolivia for their lithium. i have no background in this situation. personally, i think it's a little ridiculous to allude to this sort of thing and just expect that readers know wtf you're talking about.