inverse of one of this weeks top post, lets see what you got!
Regardless of where you live, I think these threads are dumb circlejerks.
Agreed. This is like the third post I’ve seen of this.
You’re going down with us.
As much as they like to criticize other countries, France hasn’t gotten rid of their imperialistic habits, particularly in Africa. They just switched from direct control to economic control.
Most of France’s former colonies in Africa are forced to use a currency called the CFA Franc, and France controls its value. France uses this control to pressure these countries to mainly trade with France.
This doesn’t excuse the shitty behaviour in other countries, but France doesn’t get to act all high and mighty when the topic turns to imperialism.
This needs to be upvoted higher and higher
Stop smoking.
That’s about it, honestly.
We absolutely do rely on the US having the biggest stick to keep other aggressive global powers in check.
