I drew the Dominican republic in this because of convenience, easier for me to represent, this applies to all colonies
A lot of the time they didn’t even build a refinery; bauxite, gold ore, coco all tend to be exported and refined in colonizer countries.
Under neocolonialism, even when the country’s government or national bourgeoisie manage to build a refinery, the foreigner or comprador-owned mines prefer to export, since they have an interest in keeping the colonized country poor to keep labor costs down.
Under neocolonialism, even when the country’s government or national bourgeoisie manage to build a refinery, the foreigner or comprador-owned * prefer to export, since they have an interest in keeping the colonized country poor to keep labor costs down.
True for all commodities; Ireland exported food during the famine, because its sold to the West the price of quinoa makes it unaffordable for people who live where its grown, etc.
And creating jobs at home I would say too
Mine where the resources are, refine where is cheaper and have the laxes environmental laws
The reason they’re not using the refineries in Ghana isn’t because they’re more expensive or have strict environmental laws. It’s significantly cheaper to refine locally as 1 ton of ore yields 2-10 grams of gold. We’re talking millions of tons of ore vs tons of bullion.
indians, or really, any south asians on quora defending the brutish empire be like:
Does someone have that map of British rail built from the mine to the coast
The creation of infrastructures that incentives foreign dependency, the destruction of pre-colonial infrastructure, the plagiarism of civilization that precede colonialism, and the free riding that allow the colonizers to ‘built’ the colonial infrastructure is obviously an authoritarianism that the Liberals projected on to the hard working innovative scary red Communists who convince the invisible hand to stage Communist takeover of Pax Americana.
For the natives to use or for your use?
Kids these days can’t appreciate a good plantation smh my head
