- 06 Jul 2020 17:31
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No, I'm not confusing anything. The exact same dynamic would hold if the Barley was exported to other countries as well - say, Botswana.
Pants-of-dog wrote:No. You are confusing how modern capitalism benefits from ongoing colonialism with the larger wealth transfers that occurred during the colonial era.
You asked me how Ireland is benefiting from current imperialism, then you incorrectly assumed that I was referring to this dynamic (and only this dynamic) for all of Ireland’s colonial history.
No, I'm not confusing anything. The exact same dynamic would hold if the Barley was exported to other countries as well - say, Botswana.