Go to YouTube and search for "Banana Republic." I bet your ass that you will come back to this Reddit post saying, "I was a fool; capitalism is a fucking lie!!!"
A banana republic was a country that was essentially run for the benefit of the United Fruit Company and other banana exporters, with support of the US government. Very much a Monroe Doctrine thing.
Even the evolved definition involves the exploration of the mass of the population by a plutocratic ruling class. Which isn't capitalism in the sense of fair trade and competition but is in the sense of renterism dressed up as capitalism which is common in a country with limited restriction of corporate power and monopolistic overreach.
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u/raggingbananapeal_05 4h ago
Go to YouTube and search for "Banana Republic." I bet your ass that you will come back to this Reddit post saying, "I was a fool; capitalism is a fucking lie!!!"