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Nearshoring as we speak..Venezuela will probably be contributing to that soon, I expect.

by SubiculumCode 4mo ago

usrnm 4mo ago
Good old colonialism, sweet
- schlap 4mo ago
  i promise that venezuelan business leaders are more than happy to take USD
- haaz 4mo ago
  No that's called trade you clown
  - usrnm 3mo ago
    Invading a country, changing its government and forcing favorable trade deals under a threat of a military intervention is "trade"? What is colonialism then?
    - haaz 3mo ago
      Ok so all trade between US and Venezuela is colonialism? Clown
- libertine 4mo ago
  Eh, at this point that means nothing, let's see: If it's Russia, the biggest colonialist country in the world, using Neo Nazi "PMC", or trying to annex neighboring countries, it's not colonialism, it's "liberation from colonialists". If it's China doing mass acquisitions of state and private assets, it's not colonialism, it's "development". If it's a western country doing what ever, it's colonialism lol it's such a dumb propaganda trope. So the conclusion is that the new western colonialism is actually looking like a pretty good option, and shouldn't have such a bad connotation, perhaps it should be embraced in this new world order no?
  - cleaning 4mo ago
    Just because it's easy to post doesn't mean you have to press submit on every thought that comes to your head. It's okay to admit you're working off of a very "self-taught" understanding.
    - libertine 3mo ago
      How does this comment contribute to the discussion?
  - mschuster91 3mo ago
    > So the conclusion is that the new western colonialism is actually looking like a pretty good option, and shouldn't have such a bad connotation, perhaps it should be embraced in this new world order no? Or how about we finally go and accept that both Russia and China are imperialist projects too, just like the US are, and oppose all three?
    - libertine 3mo ago
      I think just accepting that is more than enough, the US, and Western countries have been target of foreign propaganda and internal self flagellation for old and new imperialism, to the point where some former colonies are getting annoyed because it implies they don't have agency because they were former colonies! I think the first step is to start to expose the colonists and imperialists in disguise and start to address them for what they are.
- SubiculumCode 4mo ago
  I don't know about colonialism. I do not think that the mining companies changed. It's just that previously China exerted a lot of influence on where those minerals got processed, circumventing American markets, and enabling Chinese threats to restrict strategic minerals.in the ongoing trade disputes, etc. Generally, America should have been much more proactive and supporting of South America. Allowing Russia, Iran, and China to have inordinate influence there was a bad idea IMO.

Nearshoring as we speak..Venezuela will probably be contributing to that soon, I expect.

usrnm 4mo ago

Good old colonialism, sweet

schlap 4mo ago
i promise that venezuelan business leaders are more than happy to take USD
haaz 4mo ago
No that's called trade you clown
- usrnm 3mo ago
  Invading a country, changing its government and forcing favorable trade deals under a threat of a military intervention is "trade"? What is colonialism then?
  - haaz 3mo ago
    Ok so all trade between US and Venezuela is colonialism? Clown
libertine 4mo ago
Eh, at this point that means nothing, let's see: If it's Russia, the biggest colonialist country in the world, using Neo Nazi "PMC", or trying to annex neighboring countries, it's not colonialism, it's "liberation from colonialists". If it's China doing mass acquisitions of state and private assets, it's not colonialism, it's "development". If it's a western country doing what ever, it's colonialism lol it's such a dumb propaganda trope. So the conclusion is that the new western colonialism is actually looking like a pretty good option, and shouldn't have such a bad connotation, perhaps it should be embraced in this new world order no?
- cleaning 4mo ago
  Just because it's easy to post doesn't mean you have to press submit on every thought that comes to your head. It's okay to admit you're working off of a very "self-taught" understanding.
  - libertine 3mo ago
    How does this comment contribute to the discussion?
- mschuster91 3mo ago
  > So the conclusion is that the new western colonialism is actually looking like a pretty good option, and shouldn't have such a bad connotation, perhaps it should be embraced in this new world order no? Or how about we finally go and accept that both Russia and China are imperialist projects too, just like the US are, and oppose all three?
  - libertine 3mo ago
    I think just accepting that is more than enough, the US, and Western countries have been target of foreign propaganda and internal self flagellation for old and new imperialism, to the point where some former colonies are getting annoyed because it implies they don't have agency because they were former colonies! I think the first step is to start to expose the colonists and imperialists in disguise and start to address them for what they are.
SubiculumCode 4mo ago
I don't know about colonialism. I do not think that the mining companies changed. It's just that previously China exerted a lot of influence on where those minerals got processed, circumventing American markets, and enabling Chinese threats to restrict strategic minerals.in the ongoing trade disputes, etc. Generally, America should have been much more proactive and supporting of South America. Allowing Russia, Iran, and China to have inordinate influence there was a bad idea IMO.