In his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, William Ruto lamented Africa’s exclusion from permanent representation on the UN Security Council, despite accounting for more than a quarter of the assembly’s membership.

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      9 days ago

      Indeed, but that’s just part of it. If you take Ethiopia (where the next round of genocide seems to be taking off) for example, centuries or even millenia of being used as a hunting ground for sex slaves might have some effect as well

      Question remains: how do we get out of it?

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        9 days ago

        If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…

        Colonialism is problematic because it robs people of resources and self-determination, and creates a underclass. Slavery is remarkably good at doing all of those things.