A durable solution for Africa

[Fisherking]

..., but its elites are braindead ...

and ours are better?

[Centurion1]

and ours are better?

I am going to answer that one............... YES. A thousand times YES.

[Fisherking]

I am going to answer that one............... YES. A thousand times YES.

And I think that political leaders will get away with what ever they can.

I don’t think that a Bill Clinton or George Bush would govern an African country much different from the leaders they have.

When someone has power of that extent they tend to use it in the same way.

Look at the colonial legacy and see if they are not handling things in much the same way as those who came before.

[Papewaio]

Look at the colonial legacy and see if they are not handling things in much the same way as those who came before.

India was a colony, so were Singapore and Malaysia. Seems to be that colony =/= automatic failure.

[gaelic cowboy]

India was a colony, so were Singapore and Malaysia. Seems to be that colony =/= automatic failure.

No indeed an ex colony does not always mean present failure, the failure's in the places you mention were when the Empire was still knocking about.

[Centurion1]

Wait can you rephrase that. The syntax has me confused. The statement doesn't really make any sense. I have an idea what you meant but I am not sure.

[gaelic cowboy]

Wait can you rephrase that. The syntax has me confused. The statement doesn't really make any sense. I have an idea what you meant but I am not sure.

the idiots like to think they ran these places all spiffing and whatnot, that is a big lie.

[Noncommunist]

If there were a way to move the continent farther away from Yemen well that would be a start.

There is, it's just happening very slowly.

India was a colony, so were Singapore and Malaysia. Seems to be that colony =/= automatic failure.

Some of that is probably related to their history with governance. India, Singapore, and Malaysia have had experience with larger and more expansive states than much of Africa and perhaps that wore down any tribalistic mindsets that favored using the state apparatus to only benefit one's ethnic group.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Question: Why do we care if Africa is a hell hole? The last generation that perpetrated colonization in their countries foreign policy should all be sitting in their nursing homes by now since it was 50 years ago. Today's Euros had nothing to do with any of what is going on today besides sending them food.

[Fragony]

Question: Why do we care if Africa is a hell hole?

You don't?

[Skullheadhq]

Question: Why do we care if Africa is a hell hole? The last generation that perpetrated colonization in their countries foreign policy should all be sitting in their nursing homes by now since it was 50 years ago. Today's Euros had nothing to do with any of what is going on today besides sending them food.

This.

[Jolt]

and ours are better?

I'll leave that as a rhethorical.

[Lemur]

So would a "durable" solution be something similar to a "final" solution? Oh, I couldn't help myself! Thank you, thank you, I'll be playing here all week. Try the veal. Tip your waitress -- but don't tip her over!

[Vladimir]

So would a "durable" solution be something similar to a "final" solution? Oh, I couldn't help myself! Thank you, thank you, I'll be playing here all week. Try the veal. Tip your waitress -- but don't tip her over!

Agreed.

You can't treat an entire continent as a problem. In less, of course, you're in Antarctica and the problem involves birth control.

Advocates of imperialism should always consider how keen they would be for the situation to be reversed. To be consistent, European imperialists should welcome the armed intervention of the People's Liberation Army to come and sort out our inability to run our own countries.

Unwanted colonisation seems to be a subject that exercises Fragony most of the time - odd to see him advocating it as a solution for others.

I welcome a Belgian takeover of the U.S. The healthcare plan would include free waffles, fries, and beer for seniors.