Macron under fire for Africa comments

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The clip, as it’s being shared says, “The challenge of Africa, it is totally different, it is much deeper, it is civilizational, today. What are the problems in Africa? Failed states, the complex democratic transitions, demographic transitions, which is one of the main challenges facing Africa.”

And then it soon fades nearly seamlessly into the words “a successful demographic transition when countries still have seven to eight children per woman — you can decide to spend billions of euros, you will not stabilize anything.”

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If he wasn't a hunty GGD would be so mad right now

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2 minutes ago, HOTNebraskaGuy said:

If he wasn't a hunty GGD would be so mad right now

Since when he is a hunty lmao

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2 minutes ago, HOTNebraskaGuy said:

If he wasn't a hunty GGD would be so mad right now

damn I was convinced that he was

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1 minute ago, OBEY said:

 

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1 minute ago, Kylie Jenner said:

for those who didnt understand:

the lollipop means the willy diddy

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1 minute ago, dannydevito said:

for those who didnt understand:

the lollipop means the willy diddy

Thank you for clarifying to everyone pls run for president again

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Yikes

He's sexy tho so this will all blow over. Imagine if trump said it  

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No lies imo.

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Just now, bleed dior said:

No lies imo.

Colonization: look it up

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Getting a handle on the human population growth in Africa(as well as many other areas of the world) is an issue that needs to be addressed, though.  Sure, it's a mildly laughable statement l coming from the leader of the biggest colonizing nation of said continent, but that doesn't make it wrong.  

To say overpopulation is a "civilizational" problem is problematic, but if he said it was a "cultural" problem he'd still be getting slammed, even though to a large extent it is a cultural problem.    

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I think his choice of words are questionable but there's definitely some truth there. In a continent where its people have comparatively little access to education and contraception, mothers will end up having many children - more than they're often able to sustain. That's why the birth and death rates are high in less-developed countries.

So yeah, the fertility rate IS an issue in Africa, but I'm not going to suggest that it's "civilizational". And don't get me started on European imperialism. 

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I don't see the big deal with his quote. Someone care to explain?

"The challenge of Africa, it is totally different, it is much deeper, it is civilizational, today. What are the problems in Africa? Failed states, complex democratic transitions, demographic transition, which is one of the main challenges facing Africa, it is then the roads of multiple trafficking which also require answers in terms of security and regional coordination, trafficking drugs, arms trafficking, human trafficking, trafficking in cultural property and violent fundamentalism, Islamist terrorism, all this today mixed up, creates difficulties in Africa. At the same time, we have countries that are tremendously successful, with an extraordinary growth rate that makes people say that Africa is a land of opportunity."

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