[eliasmacpherson]

So in your opinion as they could theoretically defeat a European military power through revolt, they are not intentionally oppressed?

It's an old strategy, Divide et impera - there's a lot to learn from the thousands of years of history of it.

[dtx1]

You don't need to defeat them in open war, as if France would mount an all out war to "save" their colonies from a peaceful revolution. Worked for India but that was impossible too I guess? But thats not what those poor oppressed people want. They get really annoyed when France doesn't help them with their problems [1] but that's just France opressing them by NOT sending enough military. Either way it's always Frances fault

[1] https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210926-mali-accuses-fra...

[eliasmacpherson]

Not just Mali. Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger.

I would encourage you to read more about Divide and Conquer, the territories mentioned above, French activities there, and resist the temptation to use a single article to generalize what millions of people want.

I think you are hopelessly naive about military affairs, revolt does not work like you think it does and comparing India vs post war Britian and the Boston Tea Party to a much more nuanced contemporary corporatist form of colonialism is ignorant.

[DonHopkins]

So ignorant that I'm surprised he doesn't just admit to being a troll to avoid being seen as and proven to be that ignorant by his own words.

But even then, Popehat's Law Of Goats would still apply:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Popehat%27s%...

>Popehat's Law of Goats

>He who fucks goats, either as part of a performance or to troll those he deems has overly delicate sensibilities is simply, a goatfucker.

>He claimed he was just pretending to be racist to trigger the social justice warriors, but even if he is telling the truth, Popehat's Law of Goats still applies.