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by marci
3058 days ago
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What do you mean by declined? Most of the french speaking african countries (and some others) don't even own their own currency[1]. The way they can spend "their" money is dicated by guidelines set by the french Department of the Treasury. You see them chasing the next free lunch, I see lobbyng. And compared to the billions spend in lobbying in the Americas or Europe, building the AU headquarters must have been pocket change. More so with backdoors. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFA_franc#History |
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I mean they made a big spectacle of "overthrowing" colonial rule, but with the effect that they still have effective colonial rule (as you point out), but kicking out the actual Frenchmen living there they removed any incentive of the colonial powers to actually contribute any services back and build a functioning society.
It's the supposed freedom fighters who are just chasing free lunches and not actual freedom. Though I suppose they may never have had a chance. Look how the colonial powers have reacted to pan-Arabism or the Rhodesian UDI.