• mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This is such a black-and-white take it practically erases reality. Yes, America exploited the Third World-but pretending the exploited had zero agency is just historical revisionism. It’s like blaming the Atlantic slave trade solely on Europeans while ignoring the African slavers who sold their own people. Exploitation requires both a buyer and a seller. If you’re going to condemn capitalism, do it honestly-recognize that local elites, corrupt governments, and internal power structures played a role too. The world isn’t split into pure villains and innocent victims.

    I will agree fully, however that to reach a level of success in capitalism someone at the bottom has to suffer. I’m not supporting the system I’m just saying that it is successful within it’s framework.

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      23 hours ago

      Yo I’m from Honduras and your corporations literally invaded my country when workers started complaining about the dismal work conditions. There was a straight up coup enacted by an American business owner, specifically to get someone who aligned with American corporate values. Now the only way things have shifted is you no longer send a fleet filled with armed people to get rid of protests, you simply shut down entire factories with single digit day notice if people start even speaking about unionizing. The empire still intervenes when they don’t like a political candidate, even now. I’m here to assure you that your take is just wrong. This is capitalism, and it evidently does not work.

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        17 hours ago

        Yes. American corporations do this this is an absolute fact.

        I condemn such actions and hope for a better system at some point in the future or even now if it’s impossible.

        At no time have I defended capitalism.

        The issue is most of the time people on this platform don’t even know what their protesting against.

        Just under this comment alone there are people who don’t even know the definition capitalism.

        Capitalism absolutely does work. It is a completely functional system of finance and in some minor ways even governance. It’s not good it’s inherently evil but it does function I don’t know why people can’t just accept that objectively.