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Oh woe. Taiwan, SK and Singapore are western protectorates. Particularly US and ENG heavy investment in these states post WW2 [Germany included]. The US is bui
by vagrantJin 5y ago
Oh woe.
Taiwan, SK and Singapore are western protectorates. Particularly US and ENG heavy investment in these states post WW2 [Germany included]. The US is built on the dead indigenous populations - and is an extension of the British isles as is Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. All seem to be mysteriously well for themselves.
My point is just to shift your perspective just ever so slightly and you might come to an altogether different conclusion.
> What’s important is the leadership and their vision.
Blanket statements like these are and always have been the common European view of Africa for centuries. To suggest that africans are incapable of thought. It gives them a right - I suppose a righteous cause - to pillage and do as they please since they were dealing with barely human animals...cattle.
Just after WW2, Hitler had reduced Europe to rubble and independence was granted...but was it really?
African leaders with an african agenda - back in the 50's and 60s- just after independence suddenly found themselves dead, suddenly farmers and their sons had AK47s and righteous cause to overthrow a government they had previously never dared to speak of. Suddenly, American companies were getting absurdly favourable terms to extract minerals by the military leaders of whatever coup was successful, EU rose from the ashes and the music started playing again. Africans know that familiar tune. It's been playing for centuries.
- zaphirplane 5y agoThis is an interesting thread with thought provoking arguments to a moderately sensitive topic. I would have preferred that continue than to rule out the outliers to a theory attack hundreds of years old behaviour to leave the countries that support a narrative
- jhgb 5y ago> African leaders with an african agenda - back in the 50's and 60s- just after independence suddenly found themselves dead, suddenly farmers and their sons had AK47s and righteous cause to overthrow a government they had previously never dared to speak of. Suddenly, American companies were getting absurdly favourable terms to extract minerals by the military leaders of whatever coup was successful And yet, somehow I don't believe that the Brits are to be blamed for those AK47s or for whatever deals American companies are getting.
- scns 5y agoTo get a glimpse how this plays out in real life, i highly recommend the documentary about Fela Kuti. (edit): add link to trailer https://youtube.com/watch?v=937SQ8-6RV4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=937SQ8-6RV4