This image symbolizes how the Mali Empire built vast economic and political power through gold and salt. However, what wasn’t mentioned in the main article is that despite the immense wealth generated, most common people saw little to no benefit. The gold and salt trade was concentrated in the hands of the elites, who controlled these resources and reaped massive profits. Most of the population remained dependent on subsistence labor and did not have ownership of the wealth they worked to extract. The stark contrast between the ruling class and laborers mirrors the unequal distribution of wealth that still plagues many resource-rich nations today. 

This image raises awareness about China’s overwhelming dominance in rare earth production, which constitutes 70% of the global supply. The metaphor of a giant hand squeezing the Earth symbolizes the stranglehold on these critical resources. Companies like Apple and Tesla are depicted kneeling, highlighting the global dependency on China for materials essential for electronics, electric vehicles, and more. The image forces us to consider the fragility of modern technological progress when tied to one country’s resource control.

This image satirizes how modern multinational corporations exploit Africa’s resources. While the main article highlights the profits that foreign corporations like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and BP gain from Africa, an important fact left out is the environmental and economic damage these countries suffer. Over 80% of the profits from Africa's resources flow out of the continent, leaving local economies underdeveloped and heavily dependent on foreign aid. This leads to a vicious cycle where African nations are unable to reclaim economic sovereignty, as they are left to deal with the environmental degradation and poverty caused by unchecked resource extraction.

The image critiques the extraction of Africa’s wealth in gold and diamonds by foreign corporations, symbolized by planes and ships carrying resources out of the continent. While the wealth flows outward, the African people are left in desperation, begging for the resources they generate. The barren landscape further emphasizes the contrast between the continent's vast natural wealth and the severe economic poverty its citizens face, urging reflection on the systemic exploitation that allows this inequality to persist.

This image illustrates China’s strategic control over rare earth metals, which dominate global supply chains. While the main article discusses China’s production of over 70% of the world’s rare earths, the deeper implication is that China has weaponized this control. Rare earth metals are essential for producing electric vehicles, smartphones, and military technologies, making global tech industries dependent on Chinese supply. By controlling such a critical resource, China wields significant geopolitical and economic leverage over other nations, further complicating international relations and trade. The global tech industry’s reliance on China’s resources emphasizes the vulnerability of innovation when monopolized by a single country.

This image highlights the concentration of control in the global food supply, with pipelines connecting farms to the headquarters of 10 powerful corporations like Monsanto and Cargill. The corporations siphon off the food while the global poor wait with empty plates, underscoring the deep inequality in access to basic resources. This stark depiction forces viewers to question why, in a world of plenty, millions still go hungry while corporate profits soar.

This image exposes the harsh reality of global resource extraction, showing Africa as a barren wasteland while its gold, oil, and rare earth metals are funneled into the thriving economies of Europe, the US, and China. Though Africa is rich in natural resources, its people are left impoverished, standing beneath the pipelines that drain their wealth. The thriving corporations in wealthier nations represent the uneven benefits of global trade, where the ones controlling the flow of resources profit immensely, while those who produce them remain in poverty.

This image illustrates the global extraction of Africa’s natural resources—oil, gold, and rare earth metals—by powerful nations like the U.S., China, and European countries. The pipelines that drain Africa’s wealth into foreign economies contrast sharply with the impoverished African citizens who are left with nothing. The thriving factories and cities in wealthy countries further underscore the economic divide created by global resource monopolization, calling into question the fairness of the global economic system.

This image critiques the privatization of water, one of humanity’s most essential resources. A smug businessman sits atop the world, holding a massive branded water bottle as though it were a king’s scepter. Beneath him, the cracked, dry landscapes of Africa and the Middle East represent drought-stricken areas, where people beg for access to water. The businessman’s control over the pipelines symbolizes the dangers of monopolizing critical resources like water, leaving vulnerable populations at the mercy of corporate pricing and greed.

In this satirical depiction, a businessman sitting on a globe holds a giant water bottle, siphoning water from global rivers and lakes into his branded container. Meanwhile, people in drought-ridden regions below beg for water with small cups. The image critiques the monopolization of essential resources like water, forcing us to think about the dangers of allowing corporations to control life-sustaining resources, leaving vulnerable populations in dire straits while profits flow to the top.

This image illustrates the dominance of multinational corporations over global resources. CEOs from companies like ExxonMobil, Tesla, Apple, and BP sit at a massive control panel, adjusting levers labeled "resource control." Below, resource-rich countries in Africa, Asia, and South America are depicted as impoverished, with their populations powerless to stop the flow of their wealth being drained. The smiling, devilish CEOs represent the unchecked greed of corporate monopolies, controlling resources and global wealth while leaving the countries they exploit in a perpetual state of poverty.

This image satirizes the immense power multinational corporations hold over the global supply of resources like oil, rare earth metals, and food. CEOs at a control panel manipulate the flow of these resources, represented by pipelines running from impoverished countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. The populations of these resource-rich countries are shown kneeling, helpless as their wealth is drained away, emphasizing the human cost of resource monopolization and the disparity between corporate wealth and local poverty.