• hansolo@lemmy.today
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    13 hours ago

    Most people I know that want an end to borders also want the end of government.

    So, not exactly an unbiased same, eh?

    If people are struggling to survive but there are no jobs to be found, it’s because the work that needs to be done isn’t profitable. The work needs to be done to benefit society, but the ruling class demands that all work must be profitable.

    Explain how the “ruling class” does this to a rural subsistence farming village in Burkina Faso or Mali or Ghana. I’d love to see you explain it.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      12 hours ago

      not exactly an unbiased same

      There’s no such thing as “unbiased”. If you see something you think is unbiased, that thing just reflects your bias.

      Explain how the “ruling class” does this to a rural subsistence farming village

      So here’s the thing. I want an end to borders and government, but the reality is that these social constructs exist and are acted upon regardless of my political desires. Those subsistence farming villages are a part of geopolitical governments, so it impacts them based on how the ruling class interacts with their government. The IMF is a concoction from capitalists to project neo-colonial power on the Global South. To get a loan from the IMF, countries are literally required to privatize vast swaths of their public services and public property, they’re required to loosen labor laws, and they need to open themselves up to foreign companies that extract their resources to make a profit that is not reinvested into that country.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      13 hours ago

      Generations of pillaging, murder, theft, slavery, pollution, and political meddling. Also the occasional genocide. Have you ever read a single history book about Africa that wasn’t written by a colonizer?