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    5 months ago

    Capitalism allowed the global north and “west” to outpace those other countries and exploit them in the first place. It wasn’t moral, but capitalism is what positioned them in the first place.

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        5 months ago

        Like I said, it wasn’t moral. It is still a result of capitalism. Think we’ve probably finished here because you’re not my teacher and you don’t assign me reading.

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            5 months ago

            Colonial imperialism began with industrialization in your explanation? Capitalist countries were colonizing the world well before the industrial revolution.

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              5 months ago

              Colonialism is not the same as what I am referring to as Imperialism. I specifically mean the point at which Capitalism reaches outward and exports Capital to less developed countries to super-exploit for super-profits.