Bro, what (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by to c/slop@hexbear.net
 

I was arguing with a guy who claimed Africa's poverty is to be blamed on the people of Africa because Europe has according to him left it alone for over 100 years now. He then hit me with the line 'Capitalism isn't a political system'.

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[–] 15 points 6 days ago

“100 years ago” was pre-WW2 and if you think Europe was out of Africa before WW2… what?

Where on earth did they get that fucking idea? Even the movies about colonial Africa are like “oh yes it was the war years” like what the fuck lol

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