There is a Conflict Happening in Africa and Barely Anyone is TalkingAboutIt

[27monster27 15,867]

https://www.dw.com/en/ghanas-western-togoland-region-declares-sovereignty/a-55051426

Adding to the list of problems that colonialism has caused (which includes ISIS), a new conflict is taking place in Africa. Western Togoland has declared its independence. This is because after the First World War, the now former German colony was divided between the UK and France. Rather that split it up normally (which just by knowing how colonial powers behave I am not surprised), they divided it in half, which seriously aggravated the ethnic groups and created tensions all the way up to today. This conflict has been taking place since September first, and the talk about it is minimal.

Here is a video that explains this:

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This pretty much sums it up:

(In both the media and colonial powers, though the latter is a giant conversation of its own.)

[Jill 31,812]

Another problem caused by white people

[Economy 52,859]

38 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

 

 

This map is so sad yet so accurate. When things like wars, abuse, natural disasters etc happen in the developed world it's always news... In developing world it will get a quick report, and in 3rd world Africa sometimes just letters passing by in news

 

This is actually part of the reason I think the whole "ACAB" mentality is a bit self centrist tbh. U supposibly can't work for law enforcement without being a bastard yourself and part of the problem because of the corrupt nature of the system itself even if you as an individual aren't commiting the atrocities

 

Yet when I stated that by that line of reasoning things get very complicated and almost everyone has an issue and had to quit their job then because what about working for a corporation that literally enslaves and abuses children in Africa or Asia? doesn't make u a bastard and part of the problem too? You work for the entity that creates these injustices just the same the only difference is the oppressed and abused aren't in our borders. Tbh it's hypocritical and putting the lives of ppl in poor countries like they somehow matter less than the ones in our countries

 

The reason I bring this up even tho at first glance it may appear off topic is because it shows how even for stuff that Involves a sense of justice we are still putting value of people in these countries as worth less with these double standards and it's sad. A life is a life regardless of where they live or how rich and poor they are

[Jill 31,812]

20 minutes ago, Economy said:

This is actually part of the reason I think the whole "ACAB" mentality is a bit self centrist tbh. U supposibly can't work for law enforcement without being a bastard yourself and part of the problem because of the corrupt nature of the system itself even if you as an individual aren't commiting the atrocities

 

Yet when I stated that by that line of reasoning things get very complicated and almost everyone has an issue and had to quit their job then because what about working for a corporation that literally enslaves and abuses children in Africa or Asia? doesn't make u a bastard and part of the problem too? You work for the entity that creates these injustices just the same the only difference is the oppressed and abused aren't in our borders. Tbh it's hypocritical and putting the lives of ppl in poor countries like they somehow matter less than the ones in our countries

This is not the same. Working for a corporation (as long as you're not on its top sphere) is a necessity under capitalism. Not a good one, but one nevertheless. You're not deciding to enslave children yourself, nor participating in it because many of these decisions are only taken by the management of the biggest companies. And the bigger the company, the bigger the chance of you being in the lowest ranks, so no influence. Being a police officer, on the other hand, is perpetuating a traditionalist type of organization that resembles this toxic "boys club" that leaves no room for any kind of progress or activism.

Since this "boys club" existed in this form for such a long time, and requires for you to (in theory) "work" to up your rank, nobody who is any different than their superiors can access the top ranks, and the ones in the lower ranks who are different or try to make a change, are immediately ostracized by their superiors or "equals", thus not managing to change anything and making it impossible for any change to take place. The ACAB ideology is applied to the entirety of the police force for this reason, while the upper management of big companies are often included in the "Eat/yeet the rich" sentiment.

Hope this helps 

edit: also, the police is state-sponsored and the only one allowed to apply force, so the standard should be way higher than it is

[HausOfAntonio 8,021]

Imagine if continents had just been left in peace 

[Economy 52,859]

10 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

This is not the same. Working for a corporation (as long as you're not on its top sphere) is a necessity under capitalism. Not a good one, but one nevertheless. You're not deciding to enslave children yourself, nor participating in it because many of these decisions are only taken by the management of the biggest companies. And the bigger the company, the bigger the chance of you being in the lowest ranks, so no influence. Being a police officer, on the other hand, is perpetuating a traditionalist type of organization that resembles this toxic "boys club" that leaves no room for any kind of progress or activism.

Since this "boys club" existed in this form for such a long time, and requires for you to (in theory) "work" to up your rank, nobody who is any different than their superiors can access the top ranks, and the ones in the lower ranks who are different or try to make a change, are immediately ostracized by their superiors or "equals", thus not managing to change anything and making it impossible for any change to take place. The ACAB ideology is applied to the entirety of the police force for this reason, while the upper management of big companies are often included in the "Eat/yeet the rich" sentiment.

Hope this helps 

edit: also, the police is state-sponsored and the only one allowed to apply force, so the standard should be way higher than it is

Ppl in a corporation who don't agree with injustices also can't change it. Try to speak out too much about anything and u get fired. It seems exactly the same to me

 

I dunno. In principal it still very much seems the same to me. The organization is corrupt and problematic and abuses ppl... U are not the management or have the power to change it it's your job and it doesn't mean u have to be an abuser urself

 

I still believe if these Corporations were doing the same thing inside our developed nations borders ppl wouldn't turn as much of a blind eye to it and shame those who work for them too. But because it's ppl overseas it does not get as much attention and is not in ppls consciousness

 

One may be a business while the other is law enforcement. One is abuse of exploitation/borderline slavery while the other is discrimination.

 

There may be some core differences but in the whole both involve corruption and human abuse and injustice. So I still don't see the difference in Principal

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7 minutes ago, HausOfAntonio said:

Imagine if continents had just been left in peace 

My own grandfather was in the military fighting a war that happened as a result of colonism and opression and exploitation 

[MJHolland 12,725]

wow I had no idea, thank you for posting! 

what are the UK/France's plans on Ghana? Is Europe still heavily involved with that country? 

[Jill 31,812]

50 minutes ago, Economy said:

Ppl in a corporation who don't agree with injustices also can't change it. Try to speak out too much about anything and u get fired. It seems exactly the same to me

 

I dunno. In principal it still very much seems the same to me. The organization is corrupt and problematic and abuses ppl... U are not the management or have the power to change it it's your job and it doesn't mean u have to be an abuser urself

 

I still believe if these Corporations were doing the same thing inside our developed nations borders ppl wouldn't turn as much of a blind eye to it and shame those who work for them too. But because it's ppl overseas it does not get as much attention and is not in ppls consciousness

 

One may be a business while the other is law enforcement. One is abuse of exploitation/borderline slavery while the other is discrimination.

 

There may be some core differences but in the whole both involve corruption and human abuse and injustice. So I still don't see the difference in Principal

The thing is, you have the coice of not joining the police. You don't have a choice when joining a corporation. Much of the time, you're a low-level employee working for a big corporation, like McDonald's for example. A low level employee there isn't responsible for whatever upper management decides, because they're just trying to survive in a system that makes them work to have the right to live. At the end of the day nevertheless, corporations are also the scum of the earth so they, along with the police, can go fvck themselves for all I care. ACAB is a more pertinent one rn I believe because police reform is long overdue (and more possible than a crporativist reform), and corporations don't have a monopolization of violence that makes them physically dangerous to the common citizen.

[27monster27 15,867]

5 minutes ago, MJHolland said:

wow I had no idea, thank you for posting! 

what are the UK/France's plans on Ghana? Is Europe still heavily involved with that country? 

I don't believe so, except for trade of course.

[MJHolland 12,725]

11 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

I don't believe so, except for trade of course.

I didn't hear anything about violence in the video, so praying it stays that way! Hopefully the UN does pay attention to it 

[Economy 52,859]

1 hour ago, Lionel Hutz said:

The thing is, you have the coice of not joining the police. You don't have a choice when joining a corporation. Much of the time, you're a low-level employee working for a big corporation, like McDonald's for example. A low level employee there isn't responsible for whatever upper management decides, because they're just trying to survive in a system that makes them work to have the right to live. At the end of the day nevertheless, corporations are also the scum of the earth so they, along with the police, can go fvck themselves for all I care. ACAB is a more pertinent one rn I believe because police reform is long overdue (and more possible than a crporativist reform), and corporations don't have a monopolization of violence that makes them physically dangerous to the common citizen.

Every job u choose to go Into

 

And no not to the common citizen here in the developed world. Which was my point in the first place

 

Look I get why ppl are pissed about police abuse but I also think it gets extra attention because it is internal. Issues when they affect other human beings that don't live in their borders suddenly get largely forgotten. It doesn't make it any less despicable