Solid framing on the semi-periphery concept. The Greenland example really punctures the illusion that all "Western" nations share equal standing in the imperial hierarchy. I've noticed this dynamic plays out in trade negotiations too where Canada consistently gets boxed into accepting terms that favor American capital at the expenseof local industries and resources. The challenge is that alot of the complicity is structural rather than just policy choices, so individual acts of resistence need to be paired with longer-term organizing to shift those economic dependencies.
Solid framing on the semi-periphery concept. The Greenland example really punctures the illusion that all "Western" nations share equal standing in the imperial hierarchy. I've noticed this dynamic plays out in trade negotiations too where Canada consistently gets boxed into accepting terms that favor American capital at the expenseof local industries and resources. The challenge is that alot of the complicity is structural rather than just policy choices, so individual acts of resistence need to be paired with longer-term organizing to shift those economic dependencies.