Readit NewsThis article is very light on supporting quotes or references, so im very suspect of his claims that analytical Marxist converted to beliefs that are opposed to Marxist analysis. Especially given many of Cohen's later works are focused on scientific socialism.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/meta-to-pay-1-4-...
https://www.nber.org/digest/digestsep18/new-evidence-unions-...
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Which one is the worst?
We can all go back to the past and find excuses of how someone did bad and blame them for the present even if they’re long gone…we Africans are very good at that.
What we’re not good at is ever taking responsibility for f**ing once instead of blaming invisible conspiracists hiding in thin air.
I also wonder why none of those Petro states are bastions of democracy and cultural excellence
As if it’s not our leaders selling out the country to foreign interests for pocket change. Maybe they could pick up a book from Lee Kuan Yew and learn how he rejected a bribe from the CIA.
Without the influence of the money of former colonial states (or their puppets in the form of expropriative enterprises)?
Consider the trillions of dollars made by other countries from Africa's people and resources. Why _wouldnt_ they spend a fraction of that killing any chance that a cultural movement picks up.
This isn't fantasy, Nestle, Chiquita, etc have a long history of funding anti-revolutionary agencies for exactly this reason.
One man rejecting one bribe will do nothing, a single cup cannot drain an ocean.
Mehn spare me, I have heard this over and over again, and yes it’s true.
But being “beautiful and lovely” doesn’t build a nation. Hidden behind this facade of beauty is a horrible culture that celebrates corruption, tribalism and lack of cooperation, backbiting, and shortsightedness, which is why our continent remains poor.
Africa will remain a basket case until we reform our culture into one that celebrates honest work and mutual cooperation over corruption and cheating to earn a living, which is doable :)
But, no matter how much lipstick a pig wears…
These are all acute problems in Western nations. The fundamental impediment which Africa faces are it's rich natural resources and the nations which exploit them.
Any "anti-corruption" cultural efforts will be snuffed out long before it becomes a threat to this lucrative expropriation
There is no cultural solution to the boot of political and economic struggle.