We Have Here, in Africa, Everything Necessary to Become a Powerful, Modern, and Industrialised Continent: The Fortieth Newsletter (2023)

§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.ml · 1 年前

appel@whiskers.bim.boats · 1 年前

Right, and why are they lacking political stability?

gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk · 1 年前

Because we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won’t do cheap labour for us anymore.

Anon819450514@lemmy.ca · 1 年前

Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies

BastingChemina@slrpnk.net · 1 年前

I think it’s mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies.

appel@whiskers.bim.boats · 1 年前

In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully

elfio@sh.itjust.works · 1 年前

Asking the real questions

comedy@kbin.social · 1 年前

I blame those evil hippoes. We think they just eat and chase people. They’ve been up to much worse for a very long time.