So, today i had my first “economy lesson” in school and dont get how people can study economics and admit that the system is shit to the point where they teach students like me the inequalities and gruesomeness of the system…and still go: “b-bud id is best we got!”. Anyways, that what i told my friend and we got into discussion where i tried to explain that capitalism sucks and that the only reason it “seems to work” in our country (we live in a succdem EU country) is that we benefit of the work of others in the global south, that instead of companies treating us like shit (to avoid a discontent mass) they exploit people in global south countries. I gave him few examples of companies using child labour in lithium mines and so on but my friend just replied “Nuh uh, the EU wouldnt let that happen” to basically everything i said which really rubbed me. Can you give me more accurate examples on how the EU reinforces Neo-colonialist relations and how countires benefit from it…more specifically, how the wealth generated by companies that exploit the south is linked to the countries wealth or ““well-being””? Thank you so much in advance

  • angrymouse@lemmy.world
    201·
    1 year ago

    Just look what France is doing to Niger, they had a puppet there winning shady elections while France had a lot of business there. Now, when a militar junta refused the election of the puppet again, assumed the power and revoked the visa of France embassador, macron refused to remove his embassador and accuse the new government of violation of international law, just because HE does not accept the new government. Is just impossible for him to accept a Niger decision that does not pass the France approval. Im not here to say that the new government is good or bad, but Europe and US do this to the entire south after WW2.

    I can do a lot of recent examples like Afghanistan, Venezuela, or older like all Latin America dictatorships in the last century. The german Volkswagen was one of the biggest partner of Brazilian dictatorship, stalking and helping prosecute organized workers.

    The Norway state oil company own a lot of stuff on SA and recently was found they were deliberated pouring toxic material in a river here in Brazil, and the money they save intoxicating indigenous ppl is used to finance Norway public systems.