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  Got me good. The people's penetrator LMFAO
context: International competition can be a good and bad thing. Somaliland has made clever use of China/US tensions by openly supporting Taiwan in a bid for US support. Elsewhere I imagine if you're a leader who wants better terms for Chinese investment, you could play up the threat of going to the US or France. >
  
  The reality is however that no one plays fair, which is why it's mostly a bad thing for the countries involved. >
  
  in the long term, it is good, but just like everywhere else where poverty exists there will be a lot of suffering >
  
  In this thread 'colonialism is good actually' - think you missed the mark on that one. >
  
  There's a fair bit of nuance between foreign investment and full-on British Empire colonial oppression, so just boiling things down to be this simplistic is going to miss the mark.
  That being said, pretty sure China is going to lean more towards the latter. >
  
  What's ironic is the British Colonial Empire was one the more lenient ones. The French, German and Belgian Colonial Empires to name a few were much more repressive and brutal. >
  
  Brits just wanted money and goods to sell for more money. And then to use that money to buy more goods to sell for even more money. That’s all.
  They had no desire to build a museum for their slave’s lopped hands. >
  
  Well they also explicitly wanted to dismantle the local cultures of sustainable farming and production in order to inculcate the ideals of wage capitalism. >
  
  Soo… they wanted money? >
  
  “All of you should let us have it. Fuck off.”
  -this guy >
  
  Clearly he has forgotten that time England (Edit: United kingdom) owned everything. Look at me! I am the imperal england now! >
  
  Don't forget the French, Portuguese, Belgians and Germans. >
  
  Don’t forget Romans. >
  
  
  Don’t forget Romans
  
  And what have they ever given us in return?
  Revolutionary #1: ...The aquaduct?
  Reg: What?
  Revolutionary #1: The aquaduct.
  Reg: Oh. Yeah, yeah they did give us that. That's true, yeah.
  Revolutionary #2: And, uh, sanitation.
  Stan: Oh yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city USED to be like.
  Reg: Alright, I'll grant you the aquaduct and the sanitation. The two things the Romans HAVE done.
  Matthias: And the roads!
  Reg: Yeah, well obviously the roads! I mean, the roads go without saying, don't they? But APART from sanitation, the aquaducts and the roads...
  Revolutionary #3: Irrigation?
  Revolutionary #1: Medicine.
  Revolutionary #5: Education?
  Reg: Yeah, alright, fair enough...
  Revolutionary #5: And the wine! >
  
  This reads like a monty python sketch >
  
  lmao that would explain it! It's been too long since I've watched Life of Brian, obviously. Sounds like I've got my Friday night planned out! >
  
  My work is done! >
  
  Forgot the hidden part of the headline.
  "...he says as China competes internationally for economic influence in Africa." >
  
  China: “Africa should not be an arena for international competition. So gtfo”. >
  
  Yeah China doesn't want competition as they seek to lock down resources in Africa >
  
  Yeah Reuters doesn't want to inform readers as they seek to selectively quote people for their ragebait headlines.
  
  "Africa should be a big stage for the international cooperation, not an arena for major countries competition," Qin said at a news conference with AU Commission chair Moussa Faki. >
  
  For years china has been heavily investing in East Africa, however the concessions they have been demanding have become more and more imperial in nature. This has led to a huge downturn of opinion towards China in those nations despite the investment. China has its colonial ambitions to, always has. >
  
  Also from your article, "On a separate question about which country, China or the U.S., respondents would prefer to have as the global superpower, 20 of the 25 countries polled chose the U.S., including all four Africa nations by a huge margin."
  Same poll. So apparently they see China as a positive to the world, but they see the US as an even bigger positive. Do you also agree with that statement? >
  
  You know that seeing China as a positive and having the US as a superpower aren't mutually exclusive right. >
  
  Yes. It was more of an ideological consistency question >
  
  China wants to play "Monopoly" with itself. >
  
  Always have. >
  
  "Dueling with dildos is not part of new world order", said minister Liu buckling up the final strapon on his diesel-powered mecha suit "People's Penetrator 5000"