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It's a bit hypocritical from Le Monde to talk about African forests as if the French haven't colonized and looted Africa for the better part of a century.
by mahmoudhossam 3y ago
It's a bit hypocritical from Le Monde to talk about African forests as if the French haven't colonized and looted Africa for the better part of a century.
- micwag 3y agoNone of the countries in the article were ever colonized by France.
- mahmoudhossam 3y agoTrue, but they're highlighting the NGOs calling colonialism on what the UAE is doing (admittedly a horrible regime) as if France never engaged (and probably still is) in such behavior.
- tarkin2 3y agoIrrelevant to the subject at hand.
- mardifoufs 3y agoWould you read a Russian newspaper article about bad treatment of Ukrainians in the west? I mean, sure but I hope you wouldn't actually give it any credibility. To me this is similar, considering how blatant France is about 'Franceafrique' and how unapologetic it is about wanting Africa to be its own little backyard.
- catlover76 3y agoThey aren't acting "as if" French colonialism never happened. Are you saying that because someone was born in country X, which committed Y misdeeds ~100 years ago, then that person is not free to draw attention to current misdeeds that are like Y happening now by the hand of others? That's absurd and ungrounded in any real system of ethics or morality--and also untenable, given that every country/religion/group/whatever has at some point done pretty fucked up shit.
- gafage 3y ago[flagged]
- mahmoudhossam 3y agoPeople in Niger would say that French colonialism is still alive and well https://www.politico.eu/article/france-niger-military-army-withdrawal-west-africa-sahel-colonies-burkina-faso-mali/ https://www.politico.eu/article/france-niger-military-army-w...