Before the invasion they did account for some huge % of the world’s grain supply though? Like I know the idea of “bread basket” is loaded w/ imagery of a post ww2 agrarian boom or something, but in this case it just means “Ukraine used to be where a lot of cheap food came from” but it turns out it’s kinda hard to maintain strategic resource production when you’re a war target and strategic needs dictate turning arable land into minefields or w/e
But that’s exactly my point. You’re right, but that’s why I tacked it on the Parenti post. How could Ukraine be the breadbasket of the world but still suffer from poverty to that extent? Their exploitation is obvious but it’s the exploitation liberals are blind to.
3rd poorest country in Europe, “Breadbasket of the world”
Before the invasion they did account for some huge % of the world’s grain supply though? Like I know the idea of “bread basket” is loaded w/ imagery of a post ww2 agrarian boom or something, but in this case it just means “Ukraine used to be where a lot of cheap food came from” but it turns out it’s kinda hard to maintain strategic resource production when you’re a war target and strategic needs dictate turning arable land into minefields or w/e
But that’s exactly my point. You’re right, but that’s why I tacked it on the Parenti post. How could Ukraine be the breadbasket of the world but still suffer from poverty to that extent? Their exploitation is obvious but it’s the exploitation liberals are blind to.