The Global South produces 90% of the world's economy.
If you read only one study this year, make it this one.
The Global South produces 90% of the world's economy.
With equal skills, workers from the Global South are paid between 83% and 98% less than their counterparts in the Global North. Our economy, filled with bullshit jobs, can only function by exploiting the Global South.
The key point to understand is that, without the plundering and exploitation of the South, our standard of living would be reduced by 50%. This is the true cost of our comfort. It is crucial to stop talking about a peaceful West and to recognize this economic reality.
The global North's “service economy” is not universalizable; it only functions because it exploits agricultural and manufacturing labor from the global South.