You should probably take some read at what neo-colonialism is. Just because on paper your country acquired independence does not mean it stopped being pillaged

You should probably take some read at what neo-colonialism is. Just because on paper your country acquired independence does not mean it stopped being pillaged by foreign companies with the help of corrupt overlords. Hell, even when your country pretends to be a democracy, and is responsible for colonizing other countries throughout history and massacring countless people (like France/USA/UK/China/Russia/Turkey has), you don't have free will as a people and you will still be exploited by psychopaths who run the show. If you heard about DAPL in USA, or NDDL in France, you may know it takes a certain amount of people and anger (and arguably molotov cocktails) to stop corrupt corporations and government officials from stealing your land and polluting everything.