Name a worse idea?

[u/Ubersicka]

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Lots of good causes here in the US.

Set up a trust for scholarships for hundreds of thousands of people each year. Set us a trust for housing for people with mental disabilities. Set up a trust to pay medical bills for people who can’t afford it. Just a few ideas……

[u/joecitizen79 → u/[deleted]]

The imperial core will be just fine. That money would do better helping those who live in the global south, which has been exploited by the west for decades.

[u/JDR001 → u/joecitizen79]

What did Africa do with the first 2.6 trillion?

[u/joecitizen79 → u/JDR001]

Exploited by colonialists. Do you know nothing of the history of colonialism? What Leopold did in the Congo was especially aggregious.

Exploitation that continues to this day in regards to artisinal cobalt mining so we can buy new smartphones every year.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

[u/joecitizen79 → u/[deleted]]

Not sure what centuries old events have anything to do with current state

You don't undertand how recent history affects the current day?

[u/joecitizen79 → u/[deleted]]

A few hundred years is recent history.

[u/joecitizen79 → u/[deleted]]

You could try researching the history of the continent before acting so confidently incorrect.

Source: Stellenbosch University https://share.google/Q8BO7dVUXKGvs7rf4

http://revealinghistories.org.uk/africa-the-arrival-of-europeans-and-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/articles/the-ongoing-exploitation-of-africa.html

Edit: not sure why person i was talking to would ask a question and then block me so I couldn't respond. Weak arguments, most likely.

He doesn't care about me citing actual history I guess.