metermatic26@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLula says Trump wants to ‘colonise’ and capture Brazil’s resources by meddling in electionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down10
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkLula says Trump wants to ‘colonise’ and capture Brazil’s resources by meddling in electionwww.theguardian.commetermatic26@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareRetiredtoflorida@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoNow don’t be overly dramatic. We don’t colonize any more, it’s just not profitable. We subvert governments, bribe officials and assassinate the opposition. No need to get the military involved and do the whole colony thing.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoNot really. Colonization requires some administration from the colonizer.
minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoThere is plenty of effort from the west to subjugate the global south. They just support a faction of dickheads to run their countries instead of doing it directly, while allowing corporations to rape and pillage and poison everything.
Now don’t be overly dramatic.
We don’t colonize any more, it’s just not profitable.
We subvert governments, bribe officials and assassinate the opposition. No need to get the military involved and do the whole colony thing.
It’s the same thing really.
Not really. Colonization requires some administration from the colonizer.
There is plenty of effort from the west to subjugate the global south. They just support a faction of dickheads to run their countries instead of doing it directly, while allowing corporations to rape and pillage and poison everything.