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2025-01-22 20:09 UTC

@rrb@infosec.exchange @ellestad@sfba.social @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot Can't say I blame 'em. Not even a little. Not sure going 100% is possible due to expertise gaps. Not really fair to lump all us in together, but that's just a minor gripe. I get where they're coming from so I have to respect it. Sometimes folks just gotta work stuff out for themselves. Some sure don't mind being lectured by Wagner asshats though. Wonder how much longer they'll endure meddling from Moscow or Beijing or Tehran.

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@rrb@infosec.exchange 2025-01-22 20:56

@Beggarmidas@mastodon.social @ellestad@sfba.social @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot Conversations I have had with African colleagues kind of start from the point of view (I am often in the "former" French colonies) that when the French "left" the governments that were put in place were at least somewhat tied to France. France still ran the economy. The elections are not really fair and the same semi-autocrats keep stealing from the people. So, this form of "Democracy" is not really giving them a voice, or prosperity, or .. So they have no love for the quasi-authoritarians the French put in place 30 years ago. How much worse can the putsch be? Why not give it a try. Also, Russia has latent good will from the USSR supporting anti-colonialism which led to their "liberation." The Chinese. They don't really like the Chinese. But, they see them as a positive example of how they can move from being poor to having a voice in world affairs. USA record in Africa is not great, either.

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