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minus-squareVodkaSolution @feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·1 year agoDefinitely right but they lack political stability, a key asset in long term plans
minus-squareappel@whiskers.bim.boatslinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoRight, and why are they lacking political stability?
minus-squaregloriousspearfish@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won’t do cheap labour for us anymore.
minus-squareAnon819450514@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoPretty much what France is doing with the old colonies
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI think it’s mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies.
minus-squareappel@whiskers.bim.boatslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIn the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully
minus-squarecomedy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI blame those evil hippoes. We think they just eat and chase people. They’ve been up to much worse for a very long time.
Definitely right but they lack political stability, a key asset in long term plans
Right, and why are they lacking political stability?
Because we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won’t do cheap labour for us anymore.
Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies
I think it’s mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies.
In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully
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.
Asking the real questions
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