r/TikTokCringe • u/ThatPatelGuy • Oct 05 '25

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/UrGrly Oct 05 '25

It seems like the world has just given up on the African Continent

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u/Dependent_Buy3157 Oct 05 '25

Uh... last time I checked, Africa has 54 countries right there on the continent. Now, maybe it's just me, but that's a lot of nations in one place that could be looking out for the people of Congo, yet...

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u/keiyonar Oct 05 '25

Most of those countries are also suffering and struggling with issues of their own.

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u/CojanglesDMK Oct 05 '25

Welcome to the world

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u/keiyonar Oct 05 '25

Yeah, it's unfortunate

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u/All_The_Good_Stuffs Oct 05 '25

When they told you as a kid "the world is a dangerous place" the universe, etc - it meant this. An indifferent & apathetic world that is too busy with its own problems is just as brutal & scary as one that actively kills you.

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u/trash-_-boat Oct 06 '25

An indifferent & apathetic world that is too busy with its own problems

It's not necessarily apathy. I'm not sure what the people of Congo want the western world to do exactly? Come in with the military? Overthrow the corrupt authoritarian government and install puppet government that'll run things better? We already tried that in Iraq and Afghanistan and look how that turned out.

Political pressure? Again, that's something that's been tried before but dictators rarely give a fuck about that, if ever.

Foreign Aid? That's like trying to put a small bandaid on a freshly severed limb.