• Straight_Depth [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    France has taken the backseat on its imperialism after getting its ass thoroughly handed to it by its former colonies in Africa and Asia in the 50s-60s. The anglos are at the forefront of evil and their imperialist project, they have justly earned all their hate and more. Once the playing field has been leveled, France can enjoy getting another ass-kicking or ten, as a treat.

    • grym [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      France has been stealthy, but it has NOT taken a backseat by any means. They are arguably one of most neo-colonialist country on earth right now with their presence and operations in africa, france-afrique and everything related to the CFA Franc.

      • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        everything related to the CFA Franc

        Gaddafi wanted to create an Africa wide currency. I wonder what France's role was in his removal and assassination.

        • grym [she/her, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          France is absolutely involved with Gaddafi. There were strange links between Sarkozy (and his campaign) and Gaddafi's regime, and it's extremely likely that France essentially ordered his death (or strongly contributed to it) because he knew too much and would have too much leverage. Considering the threat he was also becoming regarding france's interests in the region as a whole, without the money links to Sarkozy France stil had enough reason to want him gone.

          They've assassinated and coup-ed plenty of african regimes, including (no definitive proof but I'm personally quite convinced) with the death of Sankara.

    • enkifish [any]
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      3 years ago

      France has had a hand in assassinating like 22 African leaders since decolonization. Françafrique is still a thing. The foreign and economic policies of their former colonies in west Africa are still run from Paris. Fuck, they even played a major role in the Rawandan genocide. France sucks, and this is coming from an admitted francophile.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      ok but large parts of West Africa are still de facto French puppet states because Paris controls their monetary policy (plus all those assassinations)

    • fuckwit [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      lmao Spain really out here staring at the fucking ground hoping their number doesn’t get called for having arguably the most cartoonishly cruel large empire out of all of them.

      And while all ‘40’s euro fash leaders died early these motherfuckers kept theirs til the fucking 70’s as if it was nothing. Spain does not get enough hate.