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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  said cultural exchange happens without colonialism. look at sweet potatoes.

  that’s like saying well, without rape, there wouldn’t be rape babies, and implying that we should thank rapist for their lives.

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  • stickly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Things like cane sugar could never grow anywhere near a Northern climate. If you want that to influence an entire continent’s food you can only do that through an account incredibly unfair deal (like cash crop colonialism).

    You certainly don’t get a ton of culinary creativity when you’re paying a fair (read: expensive) price for goods grown halfway around the world. They’re too precious to be anything but a novelty for the rich.

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    • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      you still can get trade. and why do we need everywhere in the world to have the same foods?

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