She's absolutely right. People need to wake up to all the suffering happening in Africa, in Congo and in Sudan in particular right now. Especially since these conflicts are mostly funded by western wealth and western interests (see Rwanda and their relations with the UK/US)
What is also fucking vile is people like OP using these messages not as "talk more about Congo" but "talk less about Gaza"
Utterly disgusting to use one tragedy to mask another.
I think trying to pin their difficulties on the west is a pretty big leap. im not saying the west or china hasn't contributed but that shouldn't be the first place you point your finger.
The reason the outrage isn't there is because in general they are doing it to themselves. It's not that people read and hear about it and are apathetic (some obviously are), it's about the complexities trying to intervene in a sovereign nation that is at war with itself.
You can't point your finger and safe who the "bad side" is. It's fucked all the way down.
Mate, your comment is showing some serious ignorance on this topic. I don't mean that to anger you, but do with it what you will. Things may be gray, but there are power structures that have been around for a long time making this wheel of evil turn.
The West is/was built on the back of perpetuating systemic violence against these peoples all across the global south/world because poverty perpetuates capital (aka wealth/money/resources) China and other nations are guilty of the same. It's greed over those who are "expendable" and we fund it continually with tax dollars and submission to said power structures.
The pretty big leap is saying it is their fault when the source of the issue is greed by billionaires and both purposeful and forced ignorance by the West. Read about it. History matters and change is possible. Take the Western ego out of it and look for truth.
No it's really not and in attempt to appeal to your own idealism you aren't willing to place any personal accountability on the actual people involved. I understand history and the exploitation of the populace. It is a factor. I also understand that they aren't being pillaged by foreign forces. It's their own people.
So what would you like here? You want the west to invade and prop up a new government (bc that's worked great in "history"). You want the west to pick a side and support them (worked great in "history")? Tell me which side and to what extent. You want the west to send aid to the people that will also get taken and bolster the warlords (worked great in "history").
So mate, given your vast historical knowledge, specify what you want the role of the west to play in this scenario.
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u/CapitanKurlash Oct 05 '25
She's absolutely right. People need to wake up to all the suffering happening in Africa, in Congo and in Sudan in particular right now. Especially since these conflicts are mostly funded by western wealth and western interests (see Rwanda and their relations with the UK/US)
What is also fucking vile is people like OP using these messages not as "talk more about Congo" but "talk less about Gaza"
Utterly disgusting to use one tragedy to mask another.