Anonymous
9/2/2025, 1:14:43 AM
No.17967861
>>17967853
They wanted to get the things for as cheap as possible. And later on they also wanted to prevent rival European powers from having access, or at least having to pay tariffs to buy the things.
This doesn't mean 'dependent' it means they were enriched by the same process that impoverished their colonies. And this process continues as the developed world is enriched by the capitalist world order that keeps the developing world under debt and ruled by despots.
They wanted to get the things for as cheap as possible. And later on they also wanted to prevent rival European powers from having access, or at least having to pay tariffs to buy the things.
This doesn't mean 'dependent' it means they were enriched by the same process that impoverished their colonies. And this process continues as the developed world is enriched by the capitalist world order that keeps the developing world under debt and ruled by despots.