[camdat]

And these leaders are all fairly and democratically elected?

Without the influence of the money of former colonial states (or their puppets in the form of expropriative enterprises)?

Consider the trillions of dollars made by other countries from Africa's people and resources. Why _wouldnt_ they spend a fraction of that killing any chance that a cultural movement picks up.

This isn't fantasy, Nestle, Chiquita, etc have a long history of funding anti-revolutionary agencies for exactly this reason.

One man rejecting one bribe will do nothing, a single cup cannot drain an ocean.

[boeingUH60]

I wonder why those rich Middle Eastern petro states aren’t being controlled and kept poor by the Western powers if that’s the case.

We can all go back to the past and find excuses of how someone did bad and blame them for the present even if they’re long gone…we Africans are very good at that.

What we’re not good at is ever taking responsibility for f**ing once instead of blaming invisible conspiracists hiding in thin air.

[Der_Einzige]

You’re getting these responses because Americans have been trained Pavlovian style to never ever claim that some cultures are better than others. This is despite most, including those who think they don’t, implicitly believing this

[camdat]

I never said they would be kept poor.

I also wonder why none of those Petro states are bastions of democracy and cultural excellence