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We Have Here, in Africa, Everything Necessary to Become a Powerful, Modern, and Industrialised Continent: The Fortieth Newsletter (2023)(thetricontinental.org)

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appel@whiskers.bim.boats
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Right, and why are they lacking political stability?

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gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk
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Because we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won’t do cheap labour for us anymore.

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Anon819450514@lemmy.ca
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Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies

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BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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I think it’s mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies.

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appel@whiskers.bim.boats
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In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully

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elfio@sh.itjust.works
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Asking the real questions

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comedy@kbin.social
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I blame those evil hippoes. We think they just eat and chase people. They’ve been up to much worse for a very long time.

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