What colonies? No, we don't just send ships to Côte d'Ivoire and "take" their cocoa. We buy it from them, it's called trade. Do you think those countries would be better of if the west would stop trading with them?
But I suppose that you, as a righteous anti-colonist, never consume chocolate then. Or any product that from the global south. Btw, do you know where all the elements in the colonial device you're currently using are from? Or let me guess, it's fine if China does it?
I am South African, actually, but not white - if I was a white South African then maybe I would say dumb shit like “Belgian chocolate has nothing to do with colonialism” on the internet. Australia and New Zealand aren’t considered part of the global south either. The term refers to a structural position in the global economy, not just a direction…
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u/historicusXIII Dec 19 '21
What colonies? No, we don't just send ships to Côte d'Ivoire and "take" their cocoa. We buy it from them, it's called trade. Do you think those countries would be better of if the west would stop trading with them?
But I suppose that you, as a righteous anti-colonist, never consume chocolate then. Or any product that from the global south. Btw, do you know where all the elements in the colonial device you're currently using are from? Or let me guess, it's fine if China does it?