I hate this article so much. It makes it sound like a conspiracy theory. It doesn’t explain the organizations and laws explicitly made by the core to exploit the periphery, throughout the ages.
I should make an analogous page on prole wiki
ProleWiki has page about Global North and South, imperial core, and three-world model .
A lot I can contribute. Saved for posterity.
World-systems theory has attracted criticisms from its rivals; notably for being too focused on economy and not enough on culture
Idealist detected
Samir Amin: “Am I a joke to you?”
Can anyone recommend materials describing and analysing world systems theory? Ideally for a lay person like myself.
Dialectics of Dependency by Ruy Mauro Marini
Wallerstein as mentioned below is p good I recommend Historical Capitalism
Eurocentrism & Maldevelopment & Russia and the Long Road from Capitalism to Socialism
Imagine being so delusional that you’d think Australia or Britain are anything but a vessel of the US, let alone more important than China or Russia.
It does explain the decisions made though.