Quote from: hello_good_sir on April 02, 2014, 01:09:30 PM

Sraosha, it is nice to hear from someone who actually lives in Africa. Many Westerners have a very romanticized view of Africa, so hopefully you can give us some good information.

Quote from: sraosha on April 02, 2014, 09:57:53 AM

Why these racist statements? Can you pls change over to the respective Ku Klux Klan reddit!

All those cruelties you mention have been committed by Western (white) people to huge extents the past 200 years. Burning witches, genocides (e.g. read the history of the Kongo, the Maomao rebellion, war against native Americans, Australian Aborignes, etc.).
The links you quote: Would you think the Daily Mail and the BBC might have an interest to portrait Africans as savages during this second wave of (re)colonization that Africa is currently experienceing?

Dude, think first and travel a bit more. This helps to get rid of some serious prejudices.

Is the truth racist? These are things that are happening now or that have happened recently in Africa. I realize that Africa is a huge continent filled with a wide variety of people in a wide variety of situations. However, taken as a whole, Africa is undeniably dysfunctional.

There haven't been any Western witch burnings in the last 200 years. Cannibalism? While there have been isolated incidents of cannibalism (mostly by criminally insane people) there has never been a time in Western history where one group of people hunted down and ate another group in order to gain magical powers.

Westerners have committed genocide but it was almost always against non-Western people, which means that Westerners do not have to worry about being subject to it, and thus are not subject to the societal disruption that it brings. This brings me to another point: how come Africa is always the one being invaded? How come they don't get into ships and invade South America? It is because they can't.

Furthermore, this discussion has been going on for a couple of days now. Only now does an African (you) chime in. How come this discussion hasn't been dominated by Africans from the beginning? The answer to my question is that there are very few Africans on this forum. Are they all on an African bitcoin forum instead? Or are there just not that many Africans into bitcoin?

I'm just asking people to work with the facts that we have instead of fantasizing. Hopefully you can bring us more information.

It is interesting that you point out that I do not know much about Africa (which is true, I don't know much about Africa) but you didn't point out the extreme ignorance of the people who think that bitcoin will do well in Africa. They are living in a fantasy world, and it is their fantasies that are harmful to Africans.

Think about it for a moment. Who is more likely to attempt to colonize Africa? Someone like me who doesn't think much of Africa, or someone like LostDutchman who says things like "Do not deny the continent. Africa is The Mother and Father of Humankind." To people like him Africa is an opportunity, something to fantasize about, something to reshape (destroy) when it doesn't meet expectations. As the saying goes "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".

Think of Liberia. Because of optimism Americans invaded and send freed slaves to colonize the place. The freed slaves then enslaved the locals.

"Think about it for a moment. Who is more likely to attempt to colonize Africa? Someone like me who doesn't think much of Africa, or someone like LostDutchman who says things like "Do not deny the continent. Africa is The Mother and Father of Humankind." To people like him Africa is an opportunity, something to fantasize about, something to reshape (destroy) when it doesn't meet expectations. As the saying goes "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"."

Stuff and nonsense!

Stop trying to think FOR me; you don't do a very good job of it.

In a sense, Africa is being thrust kicking and screaming into the 21st Century, at least some parts of the huge continent. There is a Helluva lot more to Africa than jungle, desert and the bush.

Over one billion people live in Africa and you are essentially discounting them and that is just fine with me.

Afica does not need people who think like you.

Your attitude reeks of colonialism and imperialism, both of which have been tried in Africa and didn't work out so well.

I suggest and seek cooperation, not the re-imposition of failed policies.

My $.02.

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