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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It appears that I am out of the loop on this…

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  • pucker4676@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Here’s one example: pulse.ng/…/7-ways-france-still-controls-its-forme…

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That article made me vigorously expel air from my nose.

      What’s the #1 way that France still controls its former African colonies?

      “1. These countries must officially speak French”

      Did you know England controls the United States? How? England makes the US speak English. I’m super serial! This isn’t a laughing matter, so stop laughing at this matter.

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    • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh, I had no idea about this…

      The colonial tax seems especially evil.

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      • ptu@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Luckily it seems entirely fabricated like many other claims on that post in Pulse Nigeria’s Food and Travel section

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You are answering to someone from a tankie instance, expect their views to be aligned with authoritarian left and take them with many grains of salt. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

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    • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey, thanks for telling me, I know about tankies, as well as the instances they run, though I don’t check every user to see where they come from.

      I’ll tag him accordingly.

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    • pucker4676@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t generally dwell on the libshits like yourself, some will never learn the art of thinking critically, but I would like to point out that the best way to control the population is to divide it. You’re either a fed or unknowingly lending them a hand.

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      • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The irony of calling someone a “lib-shit”, over what is, in the grande scheme of things, a minor quibble, in the literal same sentence they talk about how people are dividing the population intentionally to control them.

        Lmfao, you’re the one dividing the population you unselfreflective dipshit. Grow up.

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    • pucker4676@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What exactly have I said that wasn’t true?

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      • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That countries in the EU are controlling countries in Africa. What else is there you could’ve said that’s not true?

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