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Spare me the colonialism talk and don't include all EU member states in this Imperial Global North. As it happens, I'm originally from an EU country which had n
by randunel 3y ago
Spare me the colonialism talk and don't include all EU member states in this Imperial Global North. As it happens, I'm originally from an EU country which had nothing to do with colonialism, but was subjugated for a few hundred years by two other EU countries.
Should you feel this way about your country, then mention it explicitly and keep me and mine out of your group of Evil Global North.
> Why is any of this happening at all?
The answer to your question is in the article. This is happening because African businesses are buying deadstock and recycled clothes, and they've built an entire local economy based on these purchases.
- actionfromafar 3y agoIf your country is a now an EU member, your country now has part of (however large or tiny) the blame for what the rest of the EU does.
- randunel 3y agoI agree with sharing the _present_ blame for _present_ actions, but the comment I replied to talks about the „Global North” having divided Africa some time ago, sharing the past blame with far more countries than are actually to be blamed.