• eskimofry@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    that would be arguing that i am speaking as if everybody’s needs have been met NOW which I am not saying. Don’t deliberately misinterpret my comment. Don’t pretend that part of why Nigerians don’t have abundance is not imperialist colonialism 2.0 wrapped in the flag of freedom, democracy and development.

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      that would be arguing that i am speaking as if everybody’s needs have been met NOW

      But that’s exactly what a world of abundance means.

      Having an over abundance in one part of the world and scarcity in another isn’t a world of abundance.

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        14 hours ago

        Having an over abundance in one part pf the world and scarcity in another isn’t a world of abundance.

        You’re so close to realizing wherever humans settled had enough to sustain civilization. It’s the plundering, wars, genocides, privatization of national respurces that cause the scarcity.

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          13 hours ago

          wherever humans settled had enough to sustain

          You do understand that “had” is past tense, meaning that we do not currently have it, right?

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            11 hours ago

            and why do you think that is? Not plundering of resources and redistribution of them upwards?

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              10 hours ago

              why do you think that is?

              That’s a deep hole and I don’t know if you’ll appreciate it’s darkness.