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First Mali, now this. It’s the sign of a robust cultural hegemony when they copy even your worst ideas, I guess. Like McDonald’s, 70+-year copyright terms, or t
by KarlKemp 5y ago
First Mali, now this. It’s the sign of a robust cultural hegemony when they copy even your worst ideas, I guess. Like McDonald’s, 70+-year copyright terms, or the violent descent from democracy into chaos.
- Simon_O_Rourke 5y agoThere's historically been a whole list of neo colonial "adventurers" out to forment coups just to make some cash and damn the population to poverty, violence and chaos. And you better believe it's all done with an approving nod by the Western powers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Thatcher https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Thatcher
- hutzlibu 5y ago"And you better believe it's all done with an approving nod by the Western powers." Maybe often, but surely not always. The recent coup d'etat in Mali for example was certainly not approved by the west (or went out of hands) as the new government rather shifts to china and russia.
- Guessnotgauss 5y agoSeems like the west is busy at the moment... thats why they let China get their hooks in instead of playing thr same move themselves.
- TheGigaChad 5y ago