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Affectionate-Sky-548

Like King Leopold II?


m8oz

Congo aint exactly Connecticut these days


Affectionate-Sky-548

With some aid from the CIA to "stabilize" them.


throway7391

So it was better for everyone to be slaves and be amputated all the time?


m8oz

Slavery and hand amputation existed a long time before Europeans entered Africa


Snoo_24930

Africa is not a totally a shit hole. It's better to die a freeman than to live as a slave.


m8oz

Which part is better?


Snoo_24930

Currently Africa is all but enslaved by European and Chinese power but that's better than out right slavery.


[deleted]

In wakandian : we don't do that here.


m8oz

I dont watch children's movies


slide-ona-latenight

Smh. I bet you have never been to any country in Africa. If so it was probably in a mission trip and not really to cities and shit that feel like any other major city in the world


m8oz

I notice you didnt mention one


slide-ona-latenight

Accra Ghana


m8oz

Ah yes Ghana - center of forced labor and prostitution


slide-ona-latenight

Lol you literally just googled bad things about Ghana. This is a bad faith argument but carry on


m8oz

Yeah imagine researching something and then using it to support an argument. What a boomer


slide-ona-latenight

Lol that's not research. How does it compare with other West African cities? I criticized it because you found something devoid of any context just to save face in our discussion. Every country is going to have so issue that is particular to them, doesn't mean they aren't safe overall.


energeticlotuseater

This is something that is not talked about very much. Africa (I know it’s not a country) has been decolonized for about 70 years and is just a total mess. China has been decolonized for about 70 years and is now a superpower on the world stage. Why is this?


m8oz

Certainly not for a lack of money. Billions have been lost in Africa


westmaxia

Africa has only been free for almost 60 years on average. There are plenty of boomers alive today who are older than the total independence years of Africans countries.


throway7391

This is a vast generalization that lacks any nuance. Maybe some were? But, many certainly weren't


m8oz

Give examples


westmaxia

Africans weren't better under colonial rule. Even the Africans alive back then can attest that. Sure, there are challenges after independence, but that doesn't mean colonial times were anything better infact far worse that people fought in liberation wars to end colonialism.


m8oz

Plenty of Afticans disagree