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[Doomblade187]

German official proposes African countries adopt voluntary colonialism

Really makes me think hmmmmmmmm

*Imperalism intensifies*

"Hey, you know all those problems we helped cause by being huge dicks and drawing dumb borders? You wanna rent some land to us so we can ruin your economies again?"

[redwallzyl]

German official proposes African countries adopt voluntary colonialism

Really makes me think hmmmmmmmm

That is a legendarily bad idea.

[MorleyDev]

Always a little suspicious of news articles that just label someone "senior" without much more detail.

Dude has a wikipedia article, turns out his full position is "Personal Representative of the German Chancellor for Africa", and he's a physicist who got into politics via civil rights activism. So sounds like someone let the diplomat spit-ball. That never ends up sounding very smart xD

Going by the historical precedent of "hey we'll buy this patch of land from you and toats give it back later" doesn't tend to end well for the sellers.

[Loud Whispers]

It's not imperialism when the free market does it. The McDonalds Congo will be a land of prosperity

[SaberToothTiger]

We need some sort of zone in Africa in which free trade can prosper, so that Africans could finally reach the developmental level of Europe. This way the Africans could get educated and, of course, civilised. This zone would not be affiliated with any country in the world, of course. It would have to be some kind of... Free State, you know?

Ninja'ed by the eternal anglo.

[RedKing]

It's not imperialism when the free market does it. The McDonalds Congo will be a land of prosperity

A free Congolese hand in every Happy Meal

[TD1]

McDonald's touch screens all have faeces on them.

Fun facts for you and your children.

[Loud Whispers]

We need some sort of zone in Africa in which free trade can prosper, so that Africans could finally reach the developmental level of Europe. This way the Africans could get educated and, of course, civilised. This zone would not be affiliated with any country in the world, of course. It would have to be some kind of... Free State, you know?

Ninja'ed by the eternal anglo.

Alternative take:
Cyberpunk sahel Hong Kongs

*EDIT
Live audio of the McDonalds Imperial HQ

[smjjames]

German official proposes African countries adopt voluntary colonialism

Really makes me think hmmmmmmmm

It's still colonialism and doesn't sound very voluntary if at least two examples got shut down HARD.

Whatever happened to just investing and trying to help those countries with what they do have? Obviously they'd still have to deal with the local governments, but given the geopolitical complexity that is Africa, it seems like just barging in (yes, I know it's not saying that it'll be by force or under duress) will just destabilize things.

editwhiletyping: I just noticed that an AMERICAN came up with the idea, lol. You know, maybe we should try ideas from Africans instead of trying to impose Imperialism?

We need some sort of zone in Africa in which free trade can prosper, so that Africans could finally reach the developmental level of Europe. This way the Africans could get educated and, of course, civilised. This zone would not be affiliated with any country in the world, of course. It would have to be some kind of... Free State, you know?

Ninja'ed by the eternal anglo.

You can fit several Europes into the whole that is the continent of Africa. I'm not saying that it can't work, but you'd have to reconcile cultures, etc, that are far more diverse than Europe.

There is already an African Union of sorts though.

[A Thing]

We need some sort of zone in Africa in which free trade can prosper, so that Africans could finally reach the developmental level of Europe. This way the Africans could get educated and, of course, civilised. This zone would not be affiliated with any country in the world, of course. It would have to be some kind of... Free State, you know?

Ninja'ed by the eternal anglo.

You can fit several Europes into the whole that is the continent of Africa. I'm not saying that it can't work, but you'd have to reconcile cultures, etc, that are far more diverse than Europe.

There is already an African Union of sorts though.

I think you missed the joke.

[TD1]

We all missed the divine joke named existence.

Government is but one branch of our perpetual folly, our laughable ineptitude.

From troubles of the world I turn to ducks.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

When God had finished the stars and whirl of coloured suns
He turned His mind from big things to fashion little ones;
Beautiful tiny things (like daisies) He made, and then
He made the comical ones in case the minds of men
Should stiffen and become
Dull, humourless and glum,
And so forgetful of their Maker be
As to take even themselves – quite seriously.
Caterpillars and cats are lively and excellent puns:
All God’s jokes are good – even the practical ones!
And as for the duck, 1 think God must have smiled a bit
Seeing those bright eyes blink on the day He fashioned it.
And he’s probably laughing still at the sound that came
out of its bill!

[A Thing]

We all missed the divine joke named existence.

Government is but one branch of our perpetual folly, our laughable ineptitude.

From troubles of the world I turn to ducks.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

When God had finished the stars and whirl of coloured suns
He turned His mind from big things to fashion little ones;
Beautiful tiny things (like daisies) He made, and then
He made the comical ones in case the minds of men
Should stiffen and become
Dull, humourless and glum,
And so forgetful of their Maker be
As to take even themselves – quite seriously.
Caterpillars and cats are lively and excellent puns:
All God’s jokes are good – even the practical ones!
And as for the duck, 1 think God must have smiled a bit
Seeing those bright eyes blink on the day He fashioned it.
And he’s probably laughing still at the sound that came
out of its bill!

Is Crusader Kings II invading our European joke thread? I say yes.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Dorsidwarf]

Truly, Holy Furry is the best dlc of all time.

[mrkilla22]

It was definitely excellent

[Sergarr]

Soooooo, how's that Brexit business going on, Loud Whispers?

Last time I checked here, you were quite sure that Britain, led by the glorious May, was about to get ALL the bilateral deals in the world through its tea-powered meme magic and get into a much better position that it was in before, buuuuut recently I've been hearing that British parliament sees "no-deal-Brexit" as being actually preferable to the deal that is currently on the table by May, and it made me quite curious as to how did she fuck it up THAT bad.