He finally declares that "no African country would be sovereign today if France had not deployed." Let us note that France has neither the capacity nor the legitimacy to ensure Africa's security and sovereignty.

On the contrary, it has often contributed to destabilizing certain African countries such as Libya, with disastrous consequences noted for the stability and security of the Sahel.

This is finally the place to remind President Macron that if African soldiers, sometimes forcibly mobilized, mistreated and ultimately betrayed, had not deployed during the Second World War to defend France, it would, perhaps still be German today.

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[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 22 points 6 months ago

Fun fact and partially in response to queermunist here, due to the Mongolian invasions (which only ended in 1480) much of Eastern Europe was underdeveloped in infrastructure and many other areas compared to Western Europe until the communists came in to ramp development way the hell up.

That's right, Western Europe got to have their adventures on the 15th century equivalent of the Lolita Express in 1492 while Eastern Europe had to clean up after actually doing the hard work for the last few centuries, a process which may still be underway but attained the most progress under the Soviet Union.

Is there anywhere else in the world that may have been having to do the hard work at that time while Western Europe got to luxuriate in privilege? 🤔