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> they didn't prioritize economic and political self-sustaining capability in drawing borders And even further, they weaponized this. They wanted inherently un
by BoorishBears 5y ago
> they didn't prioritize economic and political self-sustaining capability in drawing borders
And even further, they weaponized this. They wanted inherently unstable countries that required their presence to function.
That was what culminated in the Rwandan genocide, intentionally setting up a country such that without their invisible hand propping one side up, the other would seek to destroy it.
- zaphirplane 5y agoThat talks to the horror of occupation and colonisation. It’s doesn’t address the thread’s proposition of why some countries had a different path afterwards like India and Singapore to mention a couple