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livesarah t1_iucn9zh wrote

Reply to comment by Realistic_Turn2374 in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful

European countries made off with vast amounts of wealth. European and American and Chinese countries are currently making off with vast amounts of wealth from African countries, taking advantage of the lack of stability that arguably stems from problems created by colonialism in the first place.

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Realistic_Turn2374 t1_iucnh6f wrote

Ok, fair enough. But which countries? France, Belgium, Portugal, and the British Empire.

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JessTheKitsune t1_iud319a wrote

In fact France still controls the governments of the places they colonized before by the means of coups, always having France-friendly people in power. That way they can keep exploiting those places, or at least the ones that are worth it.

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