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komali2today at 12:47 AM1 replyview on HN

> We are so spoiled in the West.

We are the beneficiaries of the imperialism that leads to places like Uganda being dragged into a global marketplace to then be exploited.

Django's gratitude isn't noble, it's sad. Look at the quality of life difference between him and the average Brit whose nation held his as a protectorate until the 60s - the only industrialize tolerated for nearly a century being cotton and coffee cash crop export infrastructure.

It's still commodity dependent this day, and imbalanced power structures established by the colonial government means that there's a prize of total national power for anyone who can take over the government, leading to near endless conflict.


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nradovtoday at 1:32 AM

What's the solution?

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