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[โ€“] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] context@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

i think the idea here is that we're watching a wwe wrestling match with all of its theatrics and kayfabe, and jason hickel has snuck up behind the concept of capitalist foreign investment improving material conditions in the global south, and he's holding a chair made of receipts in the form of these charts, and i guess he's going to hit the concept of capitalist foreign investment improving material conditions in the global south with the chair