AI summary
West Africa is at the forefront of geopolitical tensions marked by military coups and the rise of nationalist governments challenging neocolonial practices, particularly those of France. These governments seek to control their rich resources like gold and uranium for economic growth and national sovereignty, angering Western powers advocating neocolonialism. The expulsion of French soldiers from Mali and Niger, both pivotal in Western military operations, underscores the regions’ significance. Despite Western claims of authoritarianism, nationalist governments enjoy strong popular support, resisting intervention and forging alliances with Russia and China. The West exaggerates Russian influence while projecting their neocolonialism. Geopolitical conflicts manifest the struggle for autonomy in West Africa.
Yes but did they poll the CIA? I think not
Didn’t you forget to ask someone? :jesus:
Luckily we all know the CIA is basically subcontracting directly for the J man.
Yeah, but the Western media told me that Putler is actually behind this ebil regime, so we need to invade it.
I hate “Putler”. It looks and sounds nothing like “Hitler” and isn’t even a fun word to say. For god’s sake, the first syllable of the name is “poo” and nobody’s going to do anything with that? Shameful, garbage tier behavior.
Edit: Flatumir Poostain
Here is primarily where Mr. Norton is sourcing everything from if you are all interested.
Some other interesting notes:
- Majority support Russia as the most ‘trustworthy foreign actor’, this includes China
- Majority support military junta staying in power, separate pluralities for ‘an extended period’ and ‘until new elections are held’. 54% do not want military intervention from ECOWAS
- Data is from ‘Premise data’. a crowdsourced (??) polling aggregate from users in various countries. https://www.premise.com/why-premise/
- Typical ‘new and amazing breakthrough company’ bullshit lingo aside, they seem to just have a ready crowd of ‘volunteers’ in various places that they can send questions to at any time, idk if they posted anything about demographics or specific polling data as I can’t find the poll itself.
https://tass.com/world/1658013 This outlet claims that ‘The poll was conducted among highly educated male citizens, 62% of whom were residents of the capital.’
On reddit, the article received a few comments about how Africans dont want democracy and then was deleted on /r/worldnews.
That’s essentially what I’ve found on this specific topic.
This outlet claims that ‘The poll was conducted among highly educated male citizens, 62% of whom were residents of the capital.’
Translation: Even when we had a sample where people were more likely to be compradors with cushy jobs at the capital or people trained in Western institutions, the overwhelmingly majority of people support the coup.
archive.org link for Tor users
Dictatorship is when the government acts according to the will of the populace.
Could anyone give me the source he used? Unfortunately I don’t have te time to watch the whole video and can’t find the source in the description or comments.
the economist
Thanks! Here is the link so people won’t have to search for it, you can find it in the 11th paragraph.
