I'm still a student but I find it fascinating and also the clearer reality that explains everything bypassing the colonial textbook and academic jargon we are being fed here.
An interesting thought. I wouldn't imagine it plays much into it except as an explanation for how a tiny number of Europeans came to dominate the continent. (That would be the guns and steel part; I suspect that, in contrast to the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africans gave as good as they got in the "germs" department.)
Colonial pillage matters less than the fact that every African state since 1960 has doubled its population while most GDP growth ends up offshore through the same mineral and telecom channels the colonials carved out.
If a copper wire strung by Belgians in 1958 is still the choke-point for 2024 fiber, the failure isn't colonial cartography—it's sixty-five years of local politics.
I'm alot interested in your 💡 ideas..
I'm still a student but I find it fascinating and also the clearer reality that explains everything bypassing the colonial textbook and academic jargon we are being fed here.
TY for good-faith attempts to find true causes.
I'm curious how the "Guns, Germs, and Steel" theory(s) play into this, too.
An interesting thought. I wouldn't imagine it plays much into it except as an explanation for how a tiny number of Europeans came to dominate the continent. (That would be the guns and steel part; I suspect that, in contrast to the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africans gave as good as they got in the "germs" department.)
Tribalism, corruption, religion and IQ.
All these you mentioned are all products of colonialism which is a byproduct of capitalism
Others here might find this interesting as well, from Veronique de Rugy.
https://unseenandunsaid.substack.com/p/more-pritchell-less-piketty?r=2pxoc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Colonial pillage matters less than the fact that every African state since 1960 has doubled its population while most GDP growth ends up offshore through the same mineral and telecom channels the colonials carved out.
The colonials carved out telecom channels?
If a copper wire strung by Belgians in 1958 is still the choke-point for 2024 fiber, the failure isn't colonial cartography—it's sixty-five years of local politics.