• u_tamtam@programming.dev
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    Hmm, so we have Russia sponsoring a coup and installing a military junta, and somehow this is western neocolonialism?
    Those mouthpieces and farmed trolls really don’t pretend to be trying hard anymore. Sure thing this is helping the population of Niger, one of the poorest in the world, right?

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          So your theory is:

          1. Russia sponsors a coup, but
          2. Denies involvement, only to
          3. Supply locals with Russia flags and presumably pay them to wave them around?
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            1 year ago

            Are you denying that Russia has been messing around in the region? Why is Wagner even there in the first place? Or is interventionism good when Russia does it?

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              I asked you what your theory is on the situation and you responded by putting words in my mouth.

              Again, do you think Russia engineered this, only to deny it, only to pay people to waive Russian flags around?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          Imagine being utterly ignorant of western colonization of Africa and the role USSR played in African liberation. People in Africa support Russia today because of that history. It’s not a mystery for anybody with even a modicum of historical literacy. Meanwhile, nice ad hominem there, are you disputing the factual content of the article or just making a clown of yourself as usual?

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            Imagine (insults put aside) being so out of touch with the real world to think 1940’s geopolitics constitutes a reasonable case to portray Russia, a different state, as a well-meaning player in the region today, all the while Russia, being in an open war of aggression with its neighbours, is very much exerting the kind of “neocolonialism” and expansionism it accuses its enemies of doing.

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              These aren’t 1940s geopolitics. USSR provided education, built infrastructure, provided food, and helped Africa shake off western imperialism. People who got education in Patrice Lumumba university in Russia are still alive today. Meanwhile, the west continues to oppress and colonize Africa today. That’s why Africans are aligning with Russia. The fact that you don’t understand this shows profound ignorance on your part just as does your framing of the war in Ukraine.