G7 Summit: Neoliberal Policy Regime Deepens Global Inequality and Ecological Collapse
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The G7’s neoliberal policy regime is a continuation of colonial-era extraction, where wealth flowed from the Global South to the North through mechanisms like the gold standard, Bretton Woods, and structural adjustment programs. Historical parallels include the 1980s debt crisis, which was engineered by Western banks and IMF policies, leading to mass impoverishment in Africa and Latin America. The G7’s current focus on 'green growth' mirrors past 'development' narratives that justified exploitation under the guise of progress, revealing a pattern of crisis capitalism where disasters are repackaged as opportunities.
The G7 Summit exemplifies how neoliberal capitalism, rooted in colonial extraction and enforced by institutions like the IMF and World Bank, has become a global regime of inequality and ecological collapse.
This system is not an aberration but a continuation of historical patterns, where wealth flows from the Global South to the North through mechanisms like debt, trade, and financialization. Indigenous and marginalized voices—from the Zapatistas to African feminists—have long exposed this violence, offering alternatives like Buen Vivir or Ubuntu economics that center communal well-being. Yet, the G7’s technocratic framing obscures these truths, presenting its policies as neutral 'solutions' while ignoring the scientific consensus on their harms. The trickster’s laughter reveals the absurdity of a system that claims to lead while perpetuating crisis, and the path forward lies in debt cancellation, degrowth, Indigenous-led conservation, and alternative institutions built on solidarity. The G7’s legitimacy is a facade; the real solutions lie in the movements it seeks to silence.