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[+] -19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because the autonomous countries are unable to make those choices for themselves? What about places that produce bananas that didn't have banana republics?

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you live anywhere where a banana cannot grow and get them cheaply, you're benefitting from imperialism regardless of where the banana you actually eat is grown because it's the cheap bananas from those banana republics that determined the market value.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or you're benefiting from trade agreements and/or cutthroat capitalism.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can you name some examples of banana-growing exporters that weren't undermined by the US to the point of banana republic

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