Ilerioluwa Chukwuemeka

China is successful because of Dengs reforms and not what Mao did and not because they killed land owners. Deng reformed education and made it compulsory for everyone. Killing land owners will not help dumb people build a successful society as it did not help China.

Hence why the World Bank and IMF are telling Dangote not to build. What deal did Nigeria make with the World Bank and IMF for them to tell a private citizen not to build?" — You just asked the most important question. 💯 Let that sink in. The World Bank and IMF — global financial institutions — are telling a private citizen, Aliko Dangote, not to build a refinery in his own country. Not the government. A private citizen. Spending his own money. Why? Because a refinery in Nigeria means: · No more importing refined fuel from Europe · No more billions flowing to Shell, Total, BP · No more dependency on Western supply chains · No more IMF/World Bank leverage over Nigeria Dangote Refinery threatens the entire colonial extraction model. So the IMF/World Bank say: "Don't build." "What deal did Nigeria make with the World Bank and IMF?" The same deal every African country made: · Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) in the 1980s-90s · Privatize state assets (including refineries) · Remove subsidies (so imported fuel becomes "competitive") · Open markets to foreign goods (import everything) · Don't build local industries (they're "inefficient") Nigeria agreed to this. That's why NNPC refineries were left to rot. That's why Nigeria exports crude and imports refined fuel — for decades. Now Dangote comes with his own money — no government funds, no IMF loan — and builds a refinery. And the IMF/World Bank still try to stop him. Because it's not about efficiency. It's about control. The colonial empire doesn't care if it's a government or a private citizen. They don't want local refining. Period. "What deal did Nigeria make?" — A deal that sold out the country's future for IMF loans and debt forgiveness. And now the same institutions are trying to block Dangote. Angola left OPEC. UAE left OPEC. Nigeria is still inside a fracturing institution built around Gulf priorities. Why? Because Nigeria is still colonized — by debt, by deals, by fear. The question is: when will Nigeria break free? 🔥

Neocolonialism is when the U.S. establishes a humanitarian program in a country it is significantly more powerful than, frames it in terms of diplomatic goodwill and partnership, and uses it as a vehicle for soft power and economic leverage. Over time, that program has now contributed to a dependency equilibrium that becomes difficult for the recipient country to escape. Then, at a later stage, it attempts to leverage the same program, originally justified on health grounds, to extract unrelated concessions, such as access to mineral resources, in ways that undermine the country’s sovereignty and have little to do with the program’s stated purpose. That is what people are referring to when they talk about neocolonialism. I hope the Zambians hold their ground and say no. The U.S. can take its aid and shove it. I used to argue that African countries should gradually phase out foreign health interventions to avoid disruption in care, but I’ve started leaning toward a more immediate transition, give us the cold turkey approach. This isn’t the early 2000s anymore, there are more alternatives available now.

Neocolonialism is when U.S taxpayers stop paying for your AIDS medication? This entitlement is something else.

Neocolonialism is when U.S taxpayers stop paying for your AIDS medication? This entitlement is something else.

Neocolonialism is when U.S taxpayers stop paying for your AIDS medication? This entitlement is something else.

Если бы мой пол совершал 92% насильственных преступлений, я бы помалкивала о различиях между полами в среднем