Post #2871606

@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.