Northside7
Active Member
The black man and woman will forever be lost. Smdh.
China says it will increase its military presence in Africa
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The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
Sucks, but it would be nice if China would clean out all those warlords making child soldiers and eating people. It sucks that Africa as a continent can't get it together, but some countries are on the rise.
ajackson17
Active Member
They have to salute them got datum chinks? Nah fuck that bullshit!
SeaSnake
OG
Ww3 training grounds. Look yes black anericans can do alot. But nobody will listen to outsidets who aint got they shit together. Nigerians come here and be the most educated and wonder why we cant. You think an engineer in Lagos wants to hear from us about how to run Lagos. Do i believe we can work together and be great of course. Do i believe an american needs to lead it? Nope.
dasmooth1
Active Member
No point in being mad about it. If we as Africans aren't going to come together to invest in the continent then we can't really be mad at the Chinese for spotting an opportunity. We are selling the continent off for the low.
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
The problem with Africa is there is so much internal strife. They have all the resources in the world, but you can't do anything with them when everyone is fighting each other. On top of that, when someone does manage to take over, they are usually either corrupt or a puppet for outside forces. Again, to be fair, some countries have risen above that to some extent.
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
That's probably true in some cases. In other cases, some of the fighting is over control of the resources.
DOS_patos
Unverified Legion of Trill member
only to still give it away for peanuts
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
I wouldn't say that necessarily. Even in the case of China, they are getting new and improved infrastructure in many cases. I'm not saying they are working on an equal playing field with the outsiders, but they are probably better off than they were during Colonization and the aftermath period.
DOS_patos
Unverified Legion of Trill member
those infrastructures are for chinese and leads right to ports on the side of the specific country that is closer to china.
these cities are to house chinese people...not the locals.
they locals hold no supervisory or managerial positions...they are all workers.
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
It's true that the infrastructure will benefit Chinese interests, it is incorrect to imply they won't benefit the Africans. You can't possibly believe that building highways and railways that transverse whole nations won't benefit the population. In any deal, both sides will be out their own interests, so there no question that China is trying to get theirs, but the other side is benefiting to some extent too. Again, I'm not saying its equal, but it's better than colonization and could eventually benefit Africa greatly if the people stand-up and capitalize on it.
DOS_patos
Unverified Legion of Trill member
better than colonizing?
so just walk in and set up shop vs controlling it with guns?
thats makes it worse.
but if they aint giving the population jobs....that whats the gain?
so now i can drive from one city to the other on a paved road. but im still broke.
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
They aren't walking in and doing anything. Most of this is happening through contracts, so the Africans are at the negotiating table. For example, in Nigeria there was a deal where they were paying China to come in and instruct a railway. When the global economy changed, they went back to the negotiating table and Nigeria got a better price.
And they are giving jobs. Like you said, the managerial jobs are going to Chinese people, but even a lot of the lower level jobs pay better than some of the other options the natives had. Plus, the Chinese companies that are setting up shop are paying taxes just like they would anywhere else, and those taxes do go to the native population. So, no, what is happening now is not worse than colonization. Remember, at one time China was in a similar position. Now look where the nation was. All it took was the government to step up and use what was built for them to their benefit. The same shit could happen in Africa.
DOS_patos
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The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
Kzzl
Active Member
Judging by the provided video this is similar to how things would go as described in the book Economic Hitman. If Africans can't/won't protect themselves, it's only nature that someone else take advantage of that. Apartheid should of been all the lessons they needed. Fooled them once, shame on you. Fooled them a second time, try again.
DOS_patos
Unverified Legion of Trill member
fooled for centuries......then what?
DMorgan
You niggas is EXCOMMUNICADO!!!
Kzzl
Active Member
Then the name of the game would be to maintain. Keep fooling them so that it last. Refining and adapting your strategy as things evolve. Or whenever new threats to your power arise. That's the next logical thing to me.