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[–] Everythingispenguins 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe it is a reminder that these complicated legacies are still with us? Would you prefer only essays written on imperialism?

And I have no idea how just one county setting up banana Republics has anything to do with it. Would other countries still not benefit from being able to buy artificially low cost products. At the expense of the county being exploited?