Richard Stallman on Nostr: [3/4] … misled by the metaphor: it refers to countries "in the global south", as if ...
[3/4] … misled by the metaphor: it refers to countries "in the global south", as if it were a region. That metaphor could stir up a sort of nationalism that takes the side of one imaginary region or the other. That way of thinking obscures the real issue: rich people are exploiting most of humanity, but in the wealthy democracies a substantial fraction of people get a decent life out of this. (Just how big a fraction varies from country to country, and varies over time in any given …
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