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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by gopher_space on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @05:31PM (#34903921)
Take a look at the white-majority countries that are in a similar boat. You're different from Russia only in that one global power didn't seize control of your continent a few centuries ago.

From my perspective it looks like you're speed-running a continental democracy.

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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by kwere on Thursday February 23, 2023 @04:02PM (#34916411)
imperialism fucks up both the "colonizers" and "colonised" and only end up feeding an authoritarian and violent police state who doesnt care about anything that isnt "value extraction" and "keeping stability". Russia claims to be the third Rome and they are believable
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