how is that a feasible industry? southern African countries produce cotton but don't have a textile industry even for their army uniforms. it's the usual colon

how is that a feasible industry? southern African countries produce cotton but don't have a textile industry even for their army uniforms. it's the usual colonial triangle of extraction and forced consumption. they just moved the frame. before it was enslaved to America, ag produce to the empire, goods to Africa. now it's ag produce to the empire, goods to the periphery of the empire, and garbage to Africa and south America. (vast majority of those clothes are literal garbage. donation is a very small percentage. same with selling refurbished electronics which won't even receive updates and are already out of support/vulnerable)