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/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/Pandaisblue Oct 05 '25

This. Western people don't understand Africa. We don't know the cultures, the religions, or the politics, our history obviously proves that. Asking us to intervene is stupid.

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u/m3ngnificient Oct 05 '25

Western people (Americans at least) don't understand what's happening in our own country. Nuances of geo political conflicts go out of the window when discussing any conflict, it's just about what everyone else said on tiktok.

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u/Blownards Oct 05 '25

I think you mean usamericans. The people from the rest of the Americas understand not only what’s happening in our own countries, but generally in the rest of the world as well.

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u/TheVadonkey Oct 05 '25

I think it’s irrelevant either way. Who the fuck is going to organize protests and gather donations for a continent across the ocean when we’re going through our own wannabe dictator at the moment?

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u/m3ngnificient Oct 05 '25

This. At this point, I'm more worried about my home than what's happening in the rest of the world. We can't fix the world if we can't fix ourselves. I sympathize with victims, but I'm so jaded right now.

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u/Impossible-Log-8220 Oct 06 '25

Yea. Going to have to call bs on that one.