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It's the dunk tank.
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What does this even mean
It's supposed to be "evidence" that the global south doesn't "use capitalism," which is supposed to explain...something.
Probably some
shit.
Imo it's implied that the reason they're "underdeveloped", "poor", and have low life expectancy etc are all because they aren't "using capitalism". Which, while not what they mean, is not entirely wrong; if Angola were the global capitalist hegemon and able to use capitalism as an extractive weapon on other countries, presumably they'd be a lot better off.
I got that, but then you look at like Italy and Botswana and this just falls apart
Like, the argument seems to be "look at this map, let's be more like Georgia"
It would probably also help to understand the nonexistent point if the map had more pixels
Yes, none of it makes any sense or is coherent in any way.
It means look at this photograph and hopefully back down because he's bringing hard truths to the argument.