Greta Thunberg

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Africa is rich in resources but it just doesn't make it to the people be it war, political corruption, meddling by western companies and now China making moves to secure access by offering loans on projects knowing full well they cant afford it and offering 99 year leases in lieu of payment (wonder who they learnt that from).

Maybe one day they'll get it right, an African alliance could be a superpower to rival Europe for third place after China and the US.

Who knows maybe the US wont take kindly to China taking their no.1 spot and solve all this for us by wiping everyone out. :eek::p
 
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Africa is rich in resources but it just doesn't make it to the people be it war, political corruption, meddling by western companies and now China making moves to secure access by offering loans on projects knowing full well they cant afford it and offering 99 year leases in lieu of payment (wonder who they learnt that from).

Maybe one day they'll get it right, an African alliance could be a superpower to rival Europe for third place after China and the US.

Who knows maybe the US wont take kindly to China taking their no.1 spot and solve all this for us by wiping everyone out. :eek::p

Africans just do not adapt well to Capitalism or any ism they should be left alone. If you look around honestly many groups like Native Americans, Aboroginals, Africans adapt extremely poor to both White and Asian systems. Why they are the main growth i have no idea it sounds cruel but they are no match for the Chinese i expect massive colonization from China i wonder will they ever talk about Nigeria projected to have a billion people or how on average a Chinese person has a much higher IQ.


It is like the fox running the chicken coop.
 
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Africa is rich in resources but it just doesn't make it to the people be it war, political corruption, meddling by western companies and now China making moves to secure access by offering loans on projects knowing full well they cant afford it and offering 99 year leases in lieu of payment (wonder who they learnt that from).

Maybe one day they'll get it right, an African alliance could be a superpower to rival Europe for third place after China and the US.

Who knows maybe the US wont take kindly to China taking their no.1 spot and solve all this for us by wiping everyone out. :eek::p

Give it a few generations into the future and sadly big chunks of the content might well become far less feasible to live in thanks to global warming and you might well see some large scale population movements - many more people heading for Europe etc...

It is something that might be unthinkable at the moment but I wonder if colonisation (or rather mergers with European or other developed countries) might make a come back in future - if we were to accept large numbers of migrants from parts of the continent then some sort of deal to manage those areas too might be needed. You could find parts of Africa depopulated save for workers in mining companies living in air conditioned accommodation.
 
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Give it a few generations into the future and sadly big chunks of the content might well become far less feasible to live in thanks to global warming and you might well see some large scale population movements - many more people heading for Europe etc...

It is something that might be unthinkable at the moment but I wonder if colonisation (or rather mergers with European or other developed countries) might make a come back in future - if we were to accept large numbers of migrants from parts of the continent then some sort of deal to manage those areas too might be needed. You could find parts of Africa depopulated save for workers in mining companies living in air conditioned accommodation.

Europe has an extremely bad history here, Basically anyone not White and Christian was getting it even around Medieval times it was common. Nothing changes over time about a humans self defense mechanism you could not put any more than current in any country they will never stand for it.


If those places go down two things happen, A they perish or B there is a civil war about do we take them in or not. Global warming could here in theory be used to wipe out certain people and places. Argueably America Europe Russia and that latitude line still sits in the global goldilock zone so any extreme swings in climate might make us hot or cold but other places will be freezers or ovens.
 
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Wasn't there an advert saying "give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, teach a man to fish & you feed him for a lifetime" so why are the UK still giving money to many other countries?

Well India needs it for their space program and China did build the now worlds fastest train with it.
 
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We've only got 10 years to save the planet from this climate emergency.

https://apnews.com/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0

And this is why we will fail

Does Extinction Rebellion have a race problem?

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...uality?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

People, We are trying to save the world!!
Liberal left, but you need to focus on diversity not saving the world.

The first couple of paragraphs are a hilarious read including the person from a "person of colour only" environment group complaining that another environment isn't diverse enough :D:D

Im a liberal, but still have to admit most are ******* imbeciles who have no sense of perspective.
 
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No need for authorities to do anything. Just let them carry on and they will implode. Stuff like the fire engine incident just sets the tone really.

They aren't liberals, they are clowns. They don't have a clue what they are doing.

And yea "diversity" nonsense is being shoe-horned in to everything these days.
 
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And this is why we will fail

Does Extinction Rebellion have a race problem?

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...uality?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

People, We are trying to save the world!!
Liberal left, but you need to focus on diversity not saving the world.

The first couple of paragraphs are a hilarious read including the person from a "person of colour only" environment group complaining that another environment isn't diverse enough :D:D

Im a liberal, but still have to admit most are ******* imbeciles who have no sense of perspective.

A good friend of mine who is black classes these protestors in the same group as UFO hunters or conspiracy theorists. In his immortal words "a black man ain't got time to waste on that ****, I'm too busy enjoying myself"
 
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Isn't everyone a Nazi now?

On that subject, I recommend Jonathan Pie's video "We've Reached Peak Nazi". I can't link to it here because it contains an abundance of swearing. Jonathan Pie is a character created by a comedian who specialises in political commentary. He's what used to be called a liberal (i.e. an actual liberal, the complete opposite of contempory "liberalism") and he's very angry. The videos are in the format of a reporter speaking to their cameraman before or after doing their piece to camera. They're better political commentary than most serious political commentary.
 
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No need for authorities to do anything. Just let them carry on and they will implode. Stuff like the fire engine incident just sets the tone really.

They aren't liberals, they are clowns. They don't have a clue what they are doing.

And yea "diversity" nonsense is being shoe-horned in to everything these days.

Why did they not roll out the blue hair whales, There is no way that fire hose is going to bully the UK's largest aquatic land mammal. They sent the soyboys out to do a mans job sheesh imagine 100 years from now and this is the species that fights actual fires and stuff.


Scary...
 
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On that subject, I recommend Jonathan Pie's video "We've Reached Peak Nazi". I can't link to it here because it contains an abundance of swearing. Jonathan Pie is a character created by a comedian who specialises in political commentary. He's what used to be called a liberal (i.e. an actual liberal, the complete opposite of contempory "liberalism") and he's very angry. The videos are in the format of a reporter speaking to their cameraman before or after doing their piece to camera. They're better political commentary than most serious political commentary.

His video on why Trump won should be mandatory viewing.
 
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And this is why we will fail

Does Extinction Rebellion have a race problem?

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...uality?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

People, We are trying to save the world!!
Liberal left, but you need to focus on diversity not saving the world.

The first couple of paragraphs are a hilarious read including the person from a "person of colour only" environment group complaining that another environment isn't diverse enough :D:D

Im a liberal, but still have to admit most are ******* imbeciles who have no sense of perspective.

It will fail because it's supported, from where I sit, by complete and utter morons. Teenagers screaming in the streets, ageing hippies singing 'we shall overcome' (in Wellington where I live, saw and heard it with my own eyes and ears), laughing and taking selfies at rallies. A grand old fun time. Get with the rest of the hive, take a few pics, get a few 'likes', get your feelz, get some sweet attention, maybe get an aerial glimpse of your mug on the 7pm news. Forget all about it 3 days from now.
 
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On that subject, I recommend Jonathan Pie's video "We've Reached Peak Nazi". I can't link to it here because it contains an abundance of swearing. Jonathan Pie is a character created by a comedian who specialises in political commentary. He's what used to be called a liberal (i.e. an actual liberal, the complete opposite of contempory "liberalism") and he's very angry. The videos are in the format of a reporter speaking to their cameraman before or after doing their piece to camera. They're better political commentary than most serious political commentary.

That's a good video. Can concur your statement. And this is coming from someone that used to be somewhat liberal too. Definitely not anymore
 
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