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I have been on these streets long enough to see these kind of military guys come to the scene, ruffle feathers, and slowly morph into the exact same thing they claimed to hate. Talking to Burkinabe people, I am not sure how long this post will endure.
It's definitely a possibility. We shouldn't put our faith in a single person. But regardless, the important thing is that right now a good example is being set that can inspire people across the continent. It shows that countries can seize control of their own resources rather than letting neo-colonial powers exploit them.
He seems to have a strong grasp of imperialism: https://www.nairaland.com/8160848/how-west-views-africans-burkina
This is hopless fatalism, each case have to be viewed with their own particularities, one day it can work, at least I think we are Marxists because we believe it can work, and it can be that Ibrahim is the first step towards it working
What's the lesson you think on Sankara then?
make sure your friends and military officers are also marxists otherwise they will kill you and destroy everything you helped build?
exactly
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
This is sort of a nonsensical cliché because in reality there is no such thing as "absolute power" when it comes to politics. There are always forms of checks and balances, even if they are informal. Political power always derives from some form of consent, even if it isn't necessarily consent by the majority.
Yeah, it's also just a moralistic "temptation" view of how and why humans do "bad things" and leaves out the surrounding conditions and influences. Like the same sort of view that has Luke Skywalker in Star Wars throwing away his lightsaber because he figures letting himself get cut down by the big bads of the galaxy would be a better fate than risking "falling to the dark side." It's also the same sort of view that would have us condemning liberation fighters for "using violence" because "you'll become like your oppressor if you do." It leaves out the fact that the most oppressive systems have been developed out of particular conditions and beliefs, not simply because some people were tempted into "sin" by having power over others.
A wizard is never late
If you're not sold from within, without can not buy you.