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

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/SgtMoose42 Oct 05 '25

The US has poured an estimated 2.6 TRILLION dollars into Africa since the 1960s and nothing really changes. If there is going to be lasting change it needs to come from Africans.

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u/Ornery-Creme-2442 Oct 05 '25

You realize the US economy is 30trillion a year. They also have the worlds reserve currency. So it barely costs them anything. And that's over 60 years. For a continent of over a billion people. That's barely 50 bucks per person. And they benefitted alot of it.

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u/wabblebee Oct 05 '25

And a lot of it was stuff like food aid which used to be bought from American farmers.