Geopolitics
The Imperialist Blindfold: How the West's 'Supply-Side Obsession' in Critical Minerals Perpetuates Neo-Colonial Control
International policy on critical mineral supply chains is structurally flawed, blindly fixated on where we source raw materials while dangerously ignoring how demand for these scarce resources is created and inflated. This myopic, supply-side obsession represents a continuation of neo-colonial extractor mentalities, deliberately sidestepping demand-side solutions like efficiency and substitution that could empower the Global South and break the West's stranglehold on resource control.
