Jason HickelThe core mechanism of capital accumulation is that the majority of humanity must be made to consume less than they produce (or made to produce more than they are permitted to consume). And this constraint is imposed most violently on the people of the global South.
Poverty is not a natural condition, it is an effect of this arrangement.
And of course it bears noting that their labour is overwhelmingly mobilized *not* to produce for human needs (food, housing, healthcare, education), but for corporate growth, such that even if their purchasing power is increased there remain critical shortages of necessary goods.
In other words, the problem is not just access to the global product, but the constitution of the global product itself. Our capacities (labour, land, energy) are mobilized around producing SUVs, fast fashion and Coca Cola, instead of goods and services necessary for well-being.
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Ian Dowson