How Capitalism Robs the Developing World

Get free access to Nebula with your Curiosity Stream subscription! Visit https://curiositystream.com/secondthought You ve probably seen videos ask questions like "why is _____ so poor?" or "why are northern countries richer?" but most of them fail to grapple with the underlying causes of global inequality. In this week s video, we ll fix that. Come learn about what really causes so-called "underdevelopment" in the global south. How Capitalism Robs the Developing World – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter Rodney https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf Imperialism https://www.britannica.com/topic/imperialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism,_the_Highest_Stage_of_Capitalism https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf https://youtu.be/NrpLPs2FcF8 https://youtu.be/unCGQDKJ0p0 https://youtu.be/3elgPd3IpfQ https://youtu.be/5nvCS84pMLk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unequal_exchange https://politicalanthro.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/nkrumah.pdf https://the-red-flag.org/en/notes-on-bureaucratic-comprador-capitalism-article-one-pasaron/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/neocolonialism https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch04.htm https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4810-colonialism-as-a-system-for-underdeveloping-africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accumulation_of_Capital https://jacobin.com/2020/01/franc-zone-french-neocolonialism-africa Structural Adjustment Programs https://www.globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-poverty Castro quote https://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/documents/dabsolve.htm Soil and European agriculture under feudalism https://www.jstor.org/stable/26162192 Estimating the costs of slavery and colonialism in Africa https://qz.com/africa/1915182/what-reparations-are-owed-to-africa/ https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/29412034/hup_africa_slave_trade10.pdf?sequence=1 Britain stealing $45 trillion from India https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/19/how-britain-stole-45-trillion-from-india#:~:text=Drawing%20on%20nearly%20two%20centuries%20of%20detailed%20data%20on%20tax%20and%20trade%2C%20Patnaik%20calculated%20that%20Britain%20drained%20a%20total%20of%20nearly%C2%A0%2445%C2%A0trillion%20from%20India%20during%20the%20period%201765%20to%201938 The costs to Haiti https://abcnews.go.com/US/colonial-era-debt-helped-shape-haitis-poverty-political/story?id=78851735#:~:text=The%20French%20recognized%20Haiti%27s%20independence,%2421%20billion%20(USD)%20today https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/leiden-journal-of-international-law/article/empire-racial-capitalism-and-international-law-the-case-of-manumitted-haiti-and-the-recognition-debt/4CE72865EFD32479C4F31327D6C5DDFA/share/b8eb2248cdd1bd128bde8ca8eff30a351f8704f2 British profits in Africa (p.237) https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf Quote about Africa’s wealth from a European “explorer” (p.211) https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf Canadian mine ownership https://www.vice.com/en/article/wdb4j5/75-of-the-worlds-mining-companies-are-based-in-canada https://allafrica.com/stories/201304181336.html https://twitter.com/nyeusi_waasi/status/1430593342983839748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2FRelevant-Info-47d372dfc4744a3a910573812b32ea77 Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com