And again, ONE country set up banana republics, which were then overthrown. Anyone who isn’t them and can also buy cheap bananas separately. There are also places that were not ever banana republics who export bananas.
This post takes a very complicated issue and distills it down to a neat little thing by misusing words and then everyone else can be like “oh I feel smart too cause that seems clever”. It’s bullshit and makes everything worse.
Yeah, all the shit on your shelves, defense contracts, trade regulation, financial markets, so fucking much…even gps (which came to be via cold war weapons research into ballistic missiles and location and targeting needs of the US military
The point isn’t just the literal trade though, it’s the global system that the United States has developed (through often imperial means) that many smaller countries benefit from, happily.
Then what is it?
…trade agreements?
At the barrel of a gun? I think that is considered to be under duress.
And again, ONE country set up banana republics, which were then overthrown. Anyone who isn’t them and can also buy cheap bananas separately. There are also places that were not ever banana republics who export bananas.
This post takes a very complicated issue and distills it down to a neat little thing by misusing words and then everyone else can be like “oh I feel smart too cause that seems clever”. It’s bullshit and makes everything worse.
Sure, ONE country did it, while about 100 cheered., And queued up for deliveries.
Everyone loves to shit on America, without acknowledging their home country’s very happy entanglement with them
Got any proof for them claims?
Yeah, all the shit on your shelves, defense contracts, trade regulation, financial markets, so fucking much…even gps (which came to be via cold war weapons research into ballistic missiles and location and targeting needs of the US military
Your source seems dubious to me, I don’t think you have anything to add here
Ok sorry “literal reality, everything you can see in the global north” isn’t good enough for you.
Here’s one for your book report:
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/europe/european-union#:~:text=Exports were %24592.0 billion%3B imports,up 66 percent from 2012.
The point isn’t just the literal trade though, it’s the global system that the United States has developed (through often imperial means) that many smaller countries benefit from, happily.