Comment on Has anyone else noticed the strong pro CCP and anti-west vibes here?
RashelB@zirk.us 1 week ago@PotatoPie
Not "current Russia" WTF?
Are you unaware that Russia helped kick out colonialist France from the Sahel???
Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, in particular are doing better than ever, creating their own infrastructure, mining gold and not handing their wealth over to the France.
Only African govts that are puppets of the West don't like and appreciate Russia.
PotatoPie@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
No i’m still learning, my idea has always been that soviets foreign intervention was to support socialism and communism and to fight capitalism, that was their end goal in offering support, and my idea on russia is that their foreign intervention is to combat western influence and push for russian dependency which just means a change in management
It’s hard for me to praise them knowing they’re just as likely to exploit for sake of nationalism as the US is, but i have no doubt i’m Anti-US even if i’m not pro-russia, i don’t take sides based on who’s benefited even if it’s other africans more so i try to have a full picture of the political scene, that’s where i stand
If you have any documentaries or books i can read on russia’a support for independence against france i’d love to go through them!