gloriousspearfish comments on We Have Here, in Africa, Everything Necessary to Become a Powerful, Modern, and Industrialised Continent: The Fortieth Newsletter (2023)

[–] 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.

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[–] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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

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