[TulliusCicero]

Trade and colonization aren't the same thing. People are taking these jobs because they're better than the alternative, sad as it is.

If developed countries all refused to outsource work like this to poorer countries, do you think that would help the condition of the people there?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for better working conditions, but ultimately that is primarily the responsibility of the government(s) of that country.

[mthld]

And where do you think these governments comes from? Why do you think they are in such a precarious situation?

Maybe colonialism has something to do with it, hasn’t it?

[coffeebeqn]

So we should now exclude them from global labor markets because colonialism?

[TulliusCicero]

If you asked the people of these countries why their country and government are in this situation, what do you think they'd say?

[meiraleal]

You can read by yourself, Africa has leaders beyond the warlords the west make "partnerships" to steal resources. Ask them and illuminate yourself.

'The exit came as the trio shifted away from former colonial ruler France, with Tiani calling for the new bloc to become a "community far removed from the stranglehold of foreign powers." '

https://www.voanews.com/a/sahel-military-chiefs-form-confede...

[mthld]

Read for yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7afrique

[notjoemama]

Not great to link a wiki covering many other countries outside of Africa without specifying What exactly your point is. I read it and none of it surprised me.

You do realize a great deal of the US meddling was prompted by USSR/Russian meddling, right? I’m not giving the US a pass by saying that, but the Cold War and threat of nuclear annihilation is a backdrop to many of these events.

I'm also not going to ignore the issues the countries within Africa deal with that have nothing to do with their past of imperialism or colonialism. I could point to India as a country that reformed into a modern successful nation post colonialism. Nor ought we ignore the vast amounts of financial aid given so often to these countries. It’s a tangled difficult problem.

I suspect you have more ire than foundation.

[mthld]

The first link was wrong. I updated it to the one I intended to share, about Françafrique.