▲ 75 ▼ We Have Here, in Africa, Everything Necessary to Become a Powerful, Modern, and Industrialised Continent: The Fortieth Newsletter (2023) (thetricontinental.org) submitted 2 years ago by shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) Right, and why are they lacking political stability? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Because we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won't do cheap labour for us anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies permalink fedilink source parent [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 1 point 2 years ago In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully permalink fedilink source parent [–] comedy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] elfio@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Asking the real questions permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Because we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won't do cheap labour for us anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies permalink fedilink source parent [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 1 point 2 years ago In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 1 point 2 years ago In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully permalink fedilink source parent
[–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 1 point 2 years ago In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully permalink fedilink source parent
[–] comedy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elfio@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Asking the real questions permalink fedilink source parent