• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      You can have all of the above including education and public roads without ruthlessly exploiting the Global South by shifting to Socialism.

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        Yet roads and lines of communication make a socialist transition more likely. Almost like the material conditions matter, regardless of the political context.

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          Kinda? I don’t really see what your point is. Material conditions absolutely matter, but it’s also important to understand that the bribes paid to the proletariat in the Global North are comprehensively stolen from the Global South, and are why there hasn’t been a revolution in the Global North but many in the Global South.

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            It’s important to understand that any argument against improving one’s material conditions is going to be rightfully ignored. Better to point out that without removing the yoke of power, any concessions can be easily removed.

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              It isn’t an argument against that, though. It’s an argument that without Socialism and without anti-Imperialism, it heightens Imperialism and exploitation.