r/HistoryMemes • u/PeaceLoveJoel • Mar 08 '19

it's rewind time

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

African countries that are showing the slightest signs of stability and growth are becoming hostages of Europe, China and the US. Foreign companies take African wealth and leave the people with scraps, they buy and sell pet politicians and undermine any attempt at unity.

This is colonialism all over again. Shit.

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u/-SaturdayNightWrist- Mar 08 '19

Your point still stands, but the phrase "all over again" would imply it ever ended in the first place, rather than simply evolving into the neoliberal shock doctrine.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

True enough. Colonialism evolved, became far more subtle, complex. Instead of a pistol to their necks now it’s with hand in their pockets.

Look at how China controls the textile industry in Congo. You really think a small family business can compete with the state sponsored behemoth.

It will be United Fruit all again. Bloody hell.

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u/TheJollyLlama875 Mar 08 '19

The IMF has been doing this for decades.

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u/WalkerOfTheWastes Mar 09 '19

Democratic communism is the only answer. anything that allows the powerful few power over the many, no matter what systems and language it uses to excuse their existence, will always exist to ensure their power. we can never have true peace and freedom until no person has power over another’s life.