# neocolonialism > broadly defined as the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former colonies. > > – [[How the North Plunders the South w/ Jason Hickel]] > The practice of widespread crude, cruel, brute force that marked direct [[colonialism]] may not exist in the same exact form as it once did—but the outcome is still the same: mass extraction and exploitation from the [[Global South]] which has resulted in a staggering net transfer of resources, wealth, and labor to the [[Global North]]. > > – [[How the North Plunders the South w/ Jason Hickel]] > But what does it actually look like in practice? How is the imperial core still plundering and pillaging the periphery? > > – [[How the North Plunders the South w/ Jason Hickel]]