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I think that we in Europe have to keep one thing in mind: our

wealth and also our economic strength is always also based on the poverty (colonization) and the crises and wars of other regions of the world. We are doing well because others are doing badly! Is France the worst player and in the colonial game? Maybe. But Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Germany also play their roles. What really pisses (sorry) me off is that Europe always looks so patronizingly at Africa. After all, Europe provides development aid is always emphasized. The responsibility for much of what happens in Africa is pushed aside. That's why #Bitcoin is so important for Africa.

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iefan 🕊️ 2y ago

I don't think it's just a French thing. Sometimes, the British committed some of the worst imaginable atrocities, and Churchill laughed at those with racist phrases. Every powerful country was doing it, but of course that doesn't make it right.

I try not to judge history by current standards, recognizing that humans have done some very awful things in the past and within their own civilizations.

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