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I see it as positive when people have too much money and time to dedicate to rubbish. As an African (Nigerian), I wish my country had such first-world problems
by blackhawkC17 2y ago
I see it as positive when people have too much money and time to dedicate to rubbish. As an African (Nigerian), I wish my country had such first-world problems instead of most people scraping for the bare minimum.
- bishbosh 2y agoIn fairness, the wasteful levels of wealth in the US come from exploiting the global south.
- blackhawkC17 2y agoNo it doesn’t. The Global South is poor because they keep electing stupid leaders to run their economies. But I guess it’s more convenient for us to blame external parties instead of admit we keep voting for fools.
- bishbosh 2y agoI don't think history supports this conclusion, and I don't think the effects of colonialism and neo-colonialism can be dismissed with 'voting for fools'.
- blackhawkC17 2y agoI live here. I’m talking about what I see everyday…a culture that celebrates corruption and buffoonery over long-term thinking and good leadership. But foreigners always want to tell me the problem is colonialism. Thanks for their patronage, but that doesn’t make it true.
- bishbosh 2y agoThe complexities of societal issues are not really parsable at the level of day to day observation. I could say the same about my culture being one that celebrates corruption and buffoonery, but I don't base my my assumptions about society on my daily experience, I base it on sociology and history.
- blackhawkC17 2y ago“Sociology and history,” the usual copout for third worlders that never want to admit their own failings but pin the blame on others, while elected politicians pillage and ruin the countries with their incompetence.
- Nasrudith 2y agoThe math just plain doesn't work out. Raw resources just plain aren't that lucrative and can be found pretty much everywhere. Of course "exploitation" basically operates off of the syllogism of thieves: you have it, I want it, therefore you stole it from me.
- bishbosh 2y agoAssuming all resources can be found everywhere is simply false. Beyond that, those that are common have externalities in extraction and processing, as well as huge labor costs. These are complex issues, and claiming simple math can dismiss the history of colonialism that built the current context, is flawed. I don't follow your point with the second sentence.