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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down8·8 months agoWounded Africa gets up: … hey Europe, give me a hand Europe: … takes a baseball bat to Africa’s knees … why can’t Africa stand up for itself?
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·8 months agoSubsaharan Africa: “Oh no! These Turkish and Arab invaders are terrible! Surely Europe, which also fights with the Turks and Arabs, will help us?” Europe: “Actually, we’ve decided to make it worse.” Africa: “Oh no” Europe: “MUCH worse.” Some rare exceptions, particularly in the earlier period, aside
Wounded Africa gets up: … hey Europe, give me a hand
Europe: … takes a baseball bat to Africa’s knees … why can’t Africa stand up for itself?
Subsaharan Africa: “Oh no! These Turkish and Arab invaders are terrible! Surely Europe, which also fights with the Turks and Arabs, will help us?”
Europe: “Actually, we’ve decided to make it worse.”
Africa: “Oh no”
Europe: “MUCH worse.”
Some rare exceptions, particularly in the earlier period, aside