Not directly, perhaps, but that’s how neocolonialism works.
Most of that is the US & UK: sanctions, supporting coups, bombings.
No country needs to take IMF loans.
As sovereign nations, they don’t need to use a foreign regulated currency & could adopt their own.
What does Norway have to do with this: guilt by broad association with western nations?
My argument is that these countries aren’t allowed to industrialize in their own terms with their own companies.
Again, what does Norway have to do with this?
Where is their exploitation?
It seems like you’re arguing they shouldn’t trade with Africa much like an economic sanction.
I’m sure that’d turn out great for Africans.
This is some unclear shit.
I think you need to properly define exploitation & identify where Norway’s international economic relations fit that definition.
Otherwise, it seems your criticism amounts to “Norway’s developed economy is doing better than economies of other countries they trade with”, which doesn’t necessarily mean they’re exploiting other countries.
List of wars involving Norway include Libya and Afghanistan, I specifically mentioned armed forces and Libya in my previous comment. Yes, being part of the west by association means that you’re complicit in all of this shit as a nation, including the genocide of Palestinians.
I’ve explained the tools western economies, including Norway, use to oppress poorer global south nations. If you want to read about the economic aspect of it, there’s a lot of literature regarding Unequal Exchange, I’m currently reading a book on a review of unequal exchange recently published by Iskra books and published for free as PDF on their website, just to point you to a resource.
Most of that is the US & UK: sanctions, supporting coups, bombings. No country needs to take IMF loans. As sovereign nations, they don’t need to use a foreign regulated currency & could adopt their own.
What does Norway have to do with this: guilt by broad association with western nations?
Again, what does Norway have to do with this? Where is their exploitation?
It seems like you’re arguing they shouldn’t trade with Africa much like an economic sanction. I’m sure that’d turn out great for Africans.
This is some unclear shit. I think you need to properly define exploitation & identify where Norway’s international economic relations fit that definition.
Otherwise, it seems your criticism amounts to “Norway’s developed economy is doing better than economies of other countries they trade with”, which doesn’t necessarily mean they’re exploiting other countries.
List of wars involving Norway include Libya and Afghanistan, I specifically mentioned armed forces and Libya in my previous comment. Yes, being part of the west by association means that you’re complicit in all of this shit as a nation, including the genocide of Palestinians.
I’ve explained the tools western economies, including Norway, use to oppress poorer global south nations. If you want to read about the economic aspect of it, there’s a lot of literature regarding Unequal Exchange, I’m currently reading a book on a review of unequal exchange recently published by Iskra books and published for free as PDF on their website, just to point you to a resource.