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minus-square@masquenox@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•8 months agoWhat about confronting it's colonial present? Last time I checked, the colonialist world order that underpins the wealth of the Global North hasn't ended.
minus-square@masquenox@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoLast time I checked, big foreign corporations are still looting and pillaging all over Africa as if independence never happened… I wonder why? edit: This includes Shell, a Dutch corporation, btw.
minus-square@Kusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•8 months agoI'm guessing relative weakness of the governments and rampant corruption.
minus-square@masquenox@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•8 months agoYeah… tons of bribe money will do that to the governments of weak nations - it's almost like Cuba had the correct idea.
minus-square@Kusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoCuba should start bribing those governments to stick it to the West
What about confronting it's colonial present? Last time I checked, the colonialist world order that underpins the wealth of the Global North hasn't ended.
I think it means losing those colonies
Last time I checked, big foreign corporations are still looting and pillaging all over Africa as if independence never happened… I wonder why?
edit: This includes Shell, a Dutch corporation, btw.
I'm guessing relative weakness of the governments and rampant corruption.
Yeah… tons of bribe money will do that to the governments of weak nations - it's almost like Cuba had the correct idea.
Cuba should start bribing those governments to stick it to the West