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> There's no colony, NC is a full part of France with the same rights as everywhere else Yeaaah. With the same level of wealth/income for the locals of New Cal
by zrn900 2y ago
> There's no colony, NC is a full part of France with the same rights as everywhere else
Yeaaah. With the same level of wealth/income for the locals of New Caledonia as the average French has in France, right...
Of course not. The locals are much poorer, they can only move to France as low cost labour if they can afford it and find a job. Whereas the French can easily go there and establish themselves as the ruling elite like they are doing.
These are asymmetrical relationships that implement the colonial setup through economic means.
- realusername 2y agoNC isn't that bad compared to its peers, the territory is highly subsidised by France and had lower taxes as well to help development. The locals are all French anyways, there's no citizenship. But that's true that there's some asymmetrical setups, the nickel mines would have died 20 years ago if it wasn't financed to keep the independentist happy. Not sure how long the French state is going to keep pouring money into that hole though.