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minus-squaregloriousspearfish@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won’t do cheap labour for us anymore.
minus-squareAnon819450514@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoPretty much what France is doing with the old colonies
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI think it’s mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies.
minus-squareappel@whiskers.bim.boatslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIn the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully
Because we destabilise them so they do not develop to powerful societies, that won’t do cheap labour for us anymore.
Pretty much what France is doing with the old colonies
I think it’s mostly natural resources, there is still a huge amount of natural resources in Africa exploited by western companies.
In the mind of the coloniser, cheap labour is a natural resource, and both must be exploited fully