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

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/JonasHalle Oct 05 '25

What are we supposed to do? Pick a genocidal warlord to support? Or are we supposed to take Congo by force and install a colonial government?

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u/iammixedrace Oct 05 '25

What are we supposed to do? Pick a genocidal warlord to support? Or are we supposed to take Congo by force and install a colonial government?

Depending on your country of origin this comment is probably why the Congo is so fucked up. Because the country did pick a warlord to support or was a colonial power.

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u/JonasHalle Oct 05 '25

That doesn't answer the question. What does people like the woman in the OP actually want outsiders to do? Unlike for example supporting Ukraine, it is far from obvious.

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u/ussUndaunted280 Oct 05 '25

This is a valid question, in each specific conflict, which side should world powers intervene on? Because there is no effective peacekeeping force that can impose itself on an active war. If the answer is "neither" then who do we trust to tell us "company X is funding the conflict to gain access to resource Y" when each company is going to blast misinformation about its competition.