• ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    BF isnt ML? Also, I dont think you saw my most recent comment, the speculation was that if this newest government was helped along by the US they would kick the French out to harm their energy independence through the lack of extremely cheap uranium and would have to turn to the US (like they did to Germany by blowing up the Nordstream). There were already problems with this theory (and I think the presence of Wagner was one of them?), and I think this is further evidence that’s not a correct theory

    • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      BF isnt ML?

      It is, the new commander who took over in a coup is a turbo-commie interested in reviving Sankaras legacy, hes pretty based.

      https://hoodcommunist.org/2023/03/02/the-homeland-or-death-accomplishments-of-the-traore-government-in-burkina-faso/amp/

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      Its hard to argue this is the way the US would have wanted it to go, Niger coming closer to forming a communist/socialist bloc with BF & Angola and the wider BRICS community.

      • ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        That’s the PM, Tambelá, comrade, not the president (who truly wields power), Traroré. Now, it’s a good sign that he’s at least not an anticommunist because he was willing to give a position in government to a ML like Tambelá, but as far as actually being a ML he hasn’t shown any other signs of that. It’s far more likely that he just generally wants the west out of the country, and he thinks that appointing a popular person in BF to (from what I can tell) a relatively weak position in government will help ensure the support of the population.

        However, this also means Traroré potentially has a dedicated ML whispering in his ear, so I’m optimistic that he could take a turn to being a true Sankarist in his own right in the near future.

              • ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml
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                1 year ago

                I’m regretfully extremely uninformed about the state of socialism in Africa in the 21st century, I was under the impression Angola is led by like ML grifters who haven’t improved the plight of their workers the entire time they’ve been in power, do you have any reading on Angola as a whole then, or just socialism in Africa in the 21st century?

                • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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                  1 year ago

                  Angola aint a grift and its based as fuck, one of the richest countrys in africa + they BTFO'd south africa in a war.

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                  Also in terms of reading this films good;

                  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069214/

                  Cuba sent them like 50k troops in the 70s when SA tried to invade and the whitoids got slaughtered, hilarious time.

                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Border_War

                    • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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                      1 year ago

                      Yeah ive also heard its quite a high CoL country, but on the flip side they have cultural elements where they open up peoples homes as midway between resturaunt and home cooking, apparently if you walk around people will turn there houses into mini-kitchens and you can just walk in if you see a menu outside and get a home cooked meal.

                  • ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml
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                    1 year ago

                    Nice pictures but sorry this doesn’t mean shit lol, you could take pictures like this in like fucking Dubai and it’s in the UAE, one of the worst countries in the world for proles and minority groups, I’d like some articles or essays (even just a yt vid would be ok for now), not saying you’re wrong but this isn’t making me any more informed.

                    If you don’t have any don’t worry, just let me know if you don’t so I can make a post on like genzedong or something to see if anyone has anything

                    • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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                      1 year ago

                      (even just a yt vid would be ok for now)

                      It is actually quite representative of the average city in Angola. Its hard to find material on them because they are secretive, its sort of like a NK situation where they wouldnt even allow foriengers to visit till very recently, and even now you still need to be personally approved to travel there.

                      Feel free to ask zedong though, I just dont know much theory personally outside of the surface level of cuba supporting them and that they expressed interest to join BRICS.

                      • ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml
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                        1 year ago

                        my point more was that it doesn't really matter if the average city looks like this if it's accomplished on the backs of what is essentially slave labor like in the UAE.

                        And thanks for letting me know! Would you like me to tag you if I get any good responses?