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Is it possible for America and Western Europe to re-industrialize without exploiting the Global South? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by FunkyStuff@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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It appears to me that the complete deindustrialization of the imperial core is a historical arc that, since 1973, has been more or less unstoppable. The question is, if a socialist world revolution were to happen in the near future, and they basically established JDPON, how would it be possible to reindustrialize the former imperialist nations without relying on exploiting the former periphery countries? The actual productive capacity has been decimated.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That seems like it just exacerbates the issue, though. What industry remains in the core is extremely capital intensive and is only sustainable because of exploitation of the Global South; making it more capital intensive is incompatible with deconstructing imperialism.

[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah I don't think it's really going to happen, and honestly it probably would be prison slave labor instead of robots that cut labor costs.