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| post-colonial intervention
by berniedurfee 2y ago
| post-colonial intervention
- Alupis 2y agoI'll ask again. What is stopping these countries today? Handwavy, vague "post-colonial" whatever isn't a reason, it's an excuse.
- antifa 2y agoThe CIA prefers puppet states over independent states.
- Spooky23 2y agoThe people who control the resources control the armed forces or paramilitary forces. Plus, if there’s a popular revolt, they are usually motivated by religious, ethnic or ideological factors. Status quo is the interest of the big powers. That tends to bring direct or advisory intervention by western military forces. I’d suggest spending a few minutes googling, you’ll learn alot.
- berniedurfee 2y agoAnd as has been demonstrated, popular revolts tend to leave a power vacuum that gets filled by just another abusive regime.