Today there was a shocking article in Canberra Times - Why bananas are a parable for our times by Johann Hari.I just googled and found that it was originally published by "The Independent" (Read the story).
The story tell us the fact behind the "banana republics", the cruel intension of Western corporates (esp, United Fruit) in 'ordaining' mock governments in African nations, just to grow bananas, it's commercialization, and the awaiting death of the banana itself!
He comments: " What happened? They (the corporates) had one good entrepreneurial idea – and to squeeze every tiny drop of profit from it, they destroyed democracies, burned down rainforests, and ended up killing the fruit itself."
Shocking! .. and insightful!
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