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bpooqd t1_jacbj6g wrote

Reply to comment by YizzWarrior in Macron flies to Africa to counter waning French influence by HRJafael

The racism aside that's the standard western schtick, you still live under this false assumption that western countries want african countries to develop and prosper. That there is this genuine liberal interest that prioritizes african nations own self interests, over the interests of western nations and multinational corporations. But the west will never sacrifice its own interests over the people of africa, there will never be a situation where a foreign nation gains influence and power over an african nation and uses that power to actually help that nation succeed and be able to stand on its own and be able to assert its own interests. There will never be a win-win scenario where everyone is happy and prosperous.

This is a liberal fantasy. It seems no matter how often historically this is proven wrong, western people can never let go of this delusion. No matter how much micro managing of african nations economies the western nations do, no matter how much power and influence they have, you will never see the obvious connection to their impoverishment. The only way african nations will ever succeed is if they become actually sovreign nations, but the second this happens, the west will sanction them into collapse or invade them outright.

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barrygateaux t1_jacbimd wrote

Reply to comment by Witcher587 in Ukraine war: Zelensky says situation in Bakhmut worsening by jacobhong

A polish twitter user over exaggerated a Ukrainian report. This was then retweeted by an american twitter user as though it was true, then added to a video by a british youtuber as fact, and then reposted on reddit, and now people are talking about it in this thread where people think it's happening. Unfortunately it's not real.

It's a great example of how the fog of war works against facts. it's developed into a rumour that's spread based on nothing sadly.

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Downtown_Skill t1_jacb6yy wrote

Reply to comment by pistacchio in Kremlin: Russia open to Ukraine talks, but won't give up annexed regions by jacobhong

Yeah it's Putin showing that he's not ready to cut his losses yet and is more than willing to let more Russians and Ukrainians die until he is.

It's basically a psyop way of saying "oh you think we're scared and almost on the brink of collapse, well we're not budging one inch"

If Russia came out tomorrow and said they're ready to cede the (illegally) annexed territories everyone everywhere would know that putin was in trouble. He knows this so these "open for talks" statements he puts out is more of a reminder that Russia plans on continuing the war indefinitely. Second: they're an attempt to make it look like Russia is still strong and is not crumbling under the weight of sanctions.

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irk5nil t1_jacb1v2 wrote

Reply to comment by Redneckmoans in Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

> wind turbines put a bunch of micro and nano plastic

Say what? Any plastic in wind turbines is just pee in the ocean compared to the rest. Like, we're talking less than 1%. How about we get rid of nondegradable packaging materials first?

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