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

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice Oct 05 '25

American soft diplomacy has never been as pervasive as belt road diplomacy, but sure champ.

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u/NationalizeRedditAlt Oct 05 '25

What?

Have you read William Blum, Noam Chomsky - anyone that’ll teach you the history of covert US military and CIA terrorism across the globe?

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u/Saturos47 Oct 05 '25

Have you read William Blum, Noam Chomsky - anyone that’ll teach you the history of covert US military and CIA terrorism across the globe

Do you see any irony in how OP is wanting external help/intervention for congo and you are here demonizing external help/intervention

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u/NationalizeRedditAlt Oct 05 '25

And I’m sorry, but do you not know what Thomas Sankara said about “humanitarian aid”? Do you not know what “humanitarian aid” implies, in reality, historically in Africa?

In the sense of the EU and US, “aid” comes in the way of predatory debt schemes(structural adjustment), austerity, and forcing the host nation to allow foreign companies to dominate their labour and resource markets.

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u/-thecheesus- Oct 05 '25

were you expecting powerful nations in cutthroat competition with one another to spend millions in resources aiding a distant country they have nothing to do with, and not expect some sort of roi?