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by dotancohen 1061 days ago
Why even scale anything up?

If these peoples have been living and fighting and reproducing successfully for millennia, why do Europeans and Americans think it necessary to get group them into states and force them to form large-scale heterogeneous bodies of law? Does that just make it easier to remove the mineral wealth from the continent?
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benj111 1061 days ago
Very true.

Or do they need to develop their own concept of the state, or at the risk of sounding imperialistic, do they need to learn the concept of the nation state?

Broadly speaking I would say having structures larger than a tribe is a net benefit. Whatever form that may take.

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ashwagary 1060 days ago
>Or do they need to develop their own concept of the state, or at the risk of sounding imperialistic, do they need to learn the concept of the nation state?

Western governments need to stop assassinating leaders and toppling democratically elected governments every few years for that to happen. That hasnt stopped and it has a chilling effect, which is the purpose.

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benj111 1060 days ago
When was the last time a democratically elected government toppled or assassinated in Africa by the west?
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