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The solution seems simple, but gets massively complicated by history. I'm not willing to accept the "Africa was great and happy until Europeans came" theory, bu
by sgift 9y ago
The solution seems simple, but gets massively complicated by history. I'm not willing to accept the "Africa was great and happy until Europeans came" theory, but that's - to the best of my knowledge - the most common belief on the African continent. And that leads to a "Europe is the source of all our evils, give us money and go away" mentality, which massively complications any attempt to stabilize the situation.
I'm not sure how to overcome this and I have to admit that at one point or the other I thought that the EU should simply stop providing any help to Africa and just make sure the problems don't swap over here, cause Europe will be blamed anyway - and being blamed for not helping is far cheaper than being blamed for helping. Most of the time, I just hope there's still a solution which doesn't end in a complete disaster.