Not exactly me, my country would need to have people with some kind of a spine to end up bombed, but you get it.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Does anyone have any idea what Biden/Trump would do in Africa? I know Trump and his ghouls have been pushing the "white farmers genocide" narrative pretty hard here, to the point I've seen a protest with Qanon signs in South Africa, and it's caused a pretty large disruption in local politics. (New neo nazi/apartheid groups rising up, etc). Will either one of them try interfere in Mozambique now that Isis is there? Like I have no idea who is "better" for the continent. I'm guessing Biden but there's a big chance I'm wrong if he ups the already existing military presence in the continent.

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah one part of me wants Trump to lose so that there are no more South African qanoners, and to piss off all the bigots, and so I can hopefully stop seeing the USAID cars telling everyone to get circumcisions to avoid HIV transmission and pushing evangelical Christian puritan bs. On the other hand I don't want to see Biden try pull a Libya 2.0 in Mozambique now that Isis is there.

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Africa is Europe's playground mostly. They never give it much attention, I mean in the talking points and shit, I'm not forgetting Libya and all the previous horrors.

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I'm just worried about Biden trying to pull a Libya 2.0 in Mozambique now that Isis is there. Also US influence is greater than you think, though USAID and other "humanitarian organisations"

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          “humanitarian organisations”

          Ah yes, the """NGO"""s full of rich christian blondes that will totally save the world.

          • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            Yes lol, I saw one of the USAID trucks with them pushing for everyone to get circumcised to avoid HIV transmission and some other puritan evangelical bs. Instead of, y'know, doing something useful that actually works, like telling people to use condoms or something similar.

            • RNAi [he/him]
              hexagon
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              4 years ago

              In my country those NGOs are filled with highclass catholic argies who will totally not end up working for the CIA or similars, no sir.

              But at least they are not spreading that kind of disinformation

              • emizeko [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                I have a theory that Philip Agee's Catholic conscience/capacity for guilt is part of why the CIA now loves to hire so many Mormons

            • RNAi [he/him]
              hexagon
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              4 years ago

              Get circumcised to avoid HIV

              They still think they will curb people fucking (ie reproducing) by making the dicks less sensible, at the same time they help spread a horrible disease with disinformation? Real malthusian hours

              • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                Yes the disinfo is real, look at this shit:

                https://mobile.twitter.com/VMMCSouthAfrica/status/1115162420736139264

                https://healthcommcapacity.org/technical-areas/hiv-and-aids/voluntary-medical-male-circumcision/

                https://www.usaid.gov/global-health/health-areas/hiv-and-aids/technical-areas/accelerating-scale-voluntary-medical-male

                • RNAi [he/him]
                  hexagon
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                  4 years ago

                  In south america evangelical psychos behave the same but are different. They are people from here instead of some idiots from Alabama or Utah.

                • HeckHound [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  I wasn’t familiar with USAID so I checked their site out and this is how they describe themselves on their front page (emphasis in original):

                  USAID is the world's premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID's work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience.

                  They literally, openly state the US imperialism is their first and foremost goal. Fuck this goddam evil country.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        functionally, West Africa is still mostly French colonies. the CFA Franc is such a fucking scam

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          Total lies, they are free to choose a flag and a song and maybe even how coins looks.