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    5 months ago

    Of course it is. How do these foreign companies own such large amounts of land in these countries? (Hint: US-sponsored coups). Why are these countries producing large amounts of a single crop via monoculture practices instead of solving for the nutritional needs of their own population?

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      Because the autonomous countries are unable to make those choices for themselves? What about places that produce bananas that didn’t have banana republics?