• juicy
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    6 months ago

    Good. It’s outrageous that Europe and the US continue to hang on to their colonies and then feign moral outrage when Russia or China tries to exploit their neighbors.

    France claims 13 overseas territories and the UK claims 14 overseas territories. France continues to exploit the its former African colonies.

    You may have noticed that Haiti is a shambles these days. Well part of the reason is that after Haiti won it’s independance, France demanded reparations. That’s right, the colonizer demanded reparations from the nation of slaves who won their freedom. And for 122 years, until 1947, Haiti was saddled with this debt.

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      6 months ago

      France also runs francophone Africa’s moneterary system, which requires African countries to hold their reserved with the French central bank with no interest payments.

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        6 months ago

        Yes, that’s covered in the Jacobin article I linked to.

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          Most people don’t click articles due extensive online tracking. Just doing a plug to expand scope of the discussion.