PAN-AFRICANISM - FlashPoint: Death of French Neo-Colonialism...Mali Niger Burkina Faso and Guinea Challenge.

[frankster]

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

I don't see fairness in neo-colonialism.

Nothing is fair about Neo-Colonialism

To be a Neo-colonialist...you must first have been a Colonizer

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

 

Both Russia and China are fleecing African countries too.

I see where you are coming from....Will Russia and China be Exploitative?

Yes....if given the opportunity or reason to.

 

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

Interesting that the best and brightest people would rather leave their home country instead of building it up. There's a reason for it.

Most would probable love to go live in a capitalist country...the USA in particular.

Life in Cuba and Russia is Hard Rough and Tough....That is true in China - for less and less people now

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

Agreed. The saber-rattling among them is just another way to spread fear, steal resources and generate money.

Yes

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

Russia has proven through wars and colonialism that it deserves a seat at the table.

Yes Wars....Russia's Colonialism?

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

The question becomes who gave them nuclear weapons. 

It was given by Political Activist to Russia stolen from America.....balance of powers

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

Made in China pimped itself out to be global labor force. Chinese dictators have created strategic alliances wirh super-powers and exploit weaker countries for their resources.

Yes

There is two types of Exploitation....Use and Abuse

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

 

It's amazing that in spite of how technology has shrunk the globe and provides real-time access to knowledge and information and communication, Black folks around the globe won't unite to form their own super-power.

True...I remain confident we will do when the time is right.

 

7 hours ago, ProfD said:

In the meantime, I was proud of Burkina Faso for appearing to stand up.

True....

When Standing it helps to know some one has your back

[Pioneer1]

12 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

 

I tried getting a discussion going about Black people standardizing on the Linux operating system.  I think I got 3 responses. Now Linux is used on all of the supercomputers around the world.

 

What did you expect to happen?
 

[ProfD]

12 hours ago, frankster said:

Most would probable love to go live in a capitalist country...the USA in particular.

Understood. But, if the people are so intelligent they should be able to fix their own country.

12 hours ago, frankster said:

Life in Cuba and Russia is Hard Rough and Tough....

The price of living in a dictatorship. There's an option other than fleeing to another country. 

12 hours ago, frankster said:

That is true in China - for less and less people now

China has a population over 1 billion people. Only a small percentage of them are wealthy.  None of them are free.

12 hours ago, frankster said:

....Russia's Colonialism?

The dissolution of the USSR and Russia emerging as the sphere of influence over the Baltic states is a form of neo-colonialism or imperialism with a kicker. 

12 hours ago, frankster said:

It was given by Political Activist to Russia stolen from America.....balance of powers

I don't buy those groceries. The US and other powerful countries decided who could have nuclear weapons. Russia qualified.

12 hours ago, frankster said:

There is two types of Exploitation....Use and Abuse

There's also prostitution. Quid pro quo.

12 hours ago, frankster said:

True...I remain confident we will do when the time is right.

I guess like a relay race, Black folks are waiting for a gun to go off before the time is right. We've been in this holding pattern for a half-century and counting.

[umbrarchist]

3 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

What did you expect to happen?
 

I thought that at least there would be some discussion. No one even asked me to explain what Linux was and why it would make sense.

[Pioneer1]

You said this was around the year 2000.
If you're 74 now, that would have made you around 50 years of age back then.
That's old enough for an intelligent man like yourself to have KNOWN how niggaz are....lol.

Like that old Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song, "If You Don't Know Me By Now".

You should have KNOWN better than to even TRY to have a serious and productive dialog with niggaz.

Many of our people tend to be petty about SERIOUS subject, but far too often serious when it comes to PETTY subjects.
Or as Neely Fuller Jr. puts it: "Majoring in minors, and minoring in majors."

No....
What you do is find other intelligent Black folks who you KNOW are intelligent and industrious minded and have a meeting with THEM and present that idea to THEM to get something going.....while the niggaz wait outside keeping the cars warm.

The only thing you should be talking to the rest of the niggaz about is making sure the restaurant and hotel reservations are set and confirmed for yall to go to after the meetings are over.
MAYBE they can handle that.....lol....maybe.
But no innovative technological discussions such as the one you were attempting to initiate.
 

[frankster]

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

Understood. But, if the people are so intelligent they should be able to fix their own country.

True....

When ignorance is entrenched power....it is an uphill struggle for the intelligent.

No country exist in a vacuum

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

The price of living in a dictatorship. There's an option other than fleeing to another country. 

The problem is not Dictatorship.....but Interventionism - especially through Global Marketplace Manipulation.

Fleeing is the intelligent thing to do.

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

China has a population over 1 billion people. Only a small percentage of them are wealthy.

yes

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

None of them are free.

Many more are better off...than before

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

The dissolution of the USSR and Russia emerging as the sphere of influence over the Baltic states is a form of neo-colonialism or imperialism with a kicker. 

The countries that made up the USSR were never Colonize but Annexed....like unto Texas Puerto Rico Hawaii and California

The dissolution of the USSR...is the Balkanization of that Union - The present Russian Federation is in opposition to any further Fractionalization.

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

I don't buy those groceries. The US and other powerful countries decided who could have nuclear weapons. Russia qualified.

Fine

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

There's also prostitution. Quid pro quo.

Yes...if she is justly compensated for her services no harm is done - All involved profited.

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

I guess like a relay race, Black folks are waiting for a gun to go off before the time is right. We've been in this holding pattern for a half-century and counting.

We must cease the day of opportunity in the form it comes and make the best of it...without losing our sovereignty.

[ProfD]

1 hour ago, frankster said:

The countries that made up the USSR were never Colonize but Annexed....like unto Texas Puerto Rico Hawaii and California

Right. Annexed is the better term. 

1 hour ago, frankster said:

The dissolution of the USSR...is the Balkanization of that Union - The present Russian Federation is in opposition to any further Fractionalization.

As Ukraine is finding out, if those Balkan countries don't fall in line with the sphere of influence leader, there will be consequences and repercussions. 

1 hour ago, frankster said:

We must cease the day of opportunity in the form it comes and make the best of it...without losing our sovereignty.

Right. I wonder how many days have passed by like raindrops hitting an umbrella. We can't keep waiting. As Redman said "time for some action."

[frankster]

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

Right. Annexed is the better term. 

Yes....was Texas or California a colony of the USA

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

As Ukraine is finding out, if those Balkan countries don't fall in line with the sphere of influence leader, there will be consequences and repercussions. 

Yes....

 

2 hours ago, ProfD said:

Right. I wonder how many days have passed by like raindrops hitting an umbrella. We can't keep waiting. As Redman said "time for some action."

In the sixties nearly the entire continent gain political....now they struggle for economic freedom - progress is sometime slow.

[ProfD]

21 hours ago, frankster said:

In the sixties nearly the entire continent gain political....now they struggle for economic freedom - progress is sometime slow.

It's interesting that Black countries seemingly had to sacrifice economic freedom into perpetuity for sovereignty. 

 

In the meantime, the Middle East has been enjoying economic freedom since the 1970s on the strength of black gold i.e. oil. 

 

Libya had gotten it right in the late 1960s/early 1970s under Muammar Gaddafi. The country was prosperous until the people were turned against him.

 

Black countries have enough natural resources that they should be among  wealthiest on the planet.

 

Instead, corrupt Black leaders sell out their countries to enrich themselves, their families, friends and associates.

 

The countries are left to take out high-interest loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

 

Progress shouldn't be slow due to self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the form of greed, corruption, fear and stupidity.

[frankster]

10 hours ago, ProfD said:

It's interesting that Black countries seemingly had to sacrifice economic freedom into perpetuity for sovereignty. 

Yes

 

10 hours ago, ProfD said:

In the meantime, the Middle East has been enjoying economic freedom since the 1970s on the strength of black gold i.e. oil. 

Yes...the power dynamics involved were different

 

10 hours ago, ProfD said:

Libya had gotten it right in the late 1960s/early 1970s under Muammar Gaddafi. The country was prosperous until the people were turned against him.

Yes

 

10 hours ago, ProfD said:

Black countries have enough natural resources that they should be among  wealthiest on the planet.

The Rich and Powerful Countries Extort and Intervene in poor countries....to keep them poor

 

10 hours ago, ProfD said:

Instead, corrupt Black leaders sell out their countries to enrich themselves, their families, friends and associates.

Yes....they also do it to stay alive and keep their families and friends alive

 

10 hours ago, ProfD said:

The countries are left to take out high-interest loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Yes...

The Western Powers engage in unfair trading practices which leaves them with inadequate amounts of Foreign Currency Reserves(USD) with which to trade or participate in the global Market place in manner so as to satisfy the needs of their peoples.

 

 

10 hours ago, ProfD said:

Progress shouldn't be slow due to self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the form of greed, corruption, fear and stupidity.

The gunshot wounds are not self-inflicted but due to gunboat and bigstick diplomacy.

These poor countries are not stymied by greed corruption or stupidity but mostly by Foreign Interventionist Policies....

[umbrarchist]

On 9/21/2024 at 11:27 AM, Pioneer1 said:

You said this was around the year 2000.
If you're 74 now, that would have made you around 50 years of age back then.
That's old enough for an intelligent man like yourself to have KNOWN how niggaz are....lol.

Like that old Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song, "If You Don't Know Me By Now".

You should have KNOWN better than to even TRY to have a serious and productive dialog with niggaz.

Actually I trained myself to not think that word before I graduated from grammar school. 72!

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[Pioneer1]

15 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

Actually I trained myself to not think that word before I graduated from grammar school. 72!

.

 

Sorry for aging you by 2 years...lol.

However 47-49 years old is still old enough to know how some of our people are and what type of reception you'll receive when you try to talk about new and intelligent topics with them.
 

They must first seek "approval" from White folks before taking your ideas seriously.

Once they see that White folks like it and think it's a good idea, the average nigga will fall in line.
Sometimes...unfortunately....by the time White folks learn of it and voice their approval, they've already STOLEN the idea and put it to use.

And speaking of that word....
 

I respect your right as well as the right of others not to use it or even think it.

It reminds me of Richard Pryor and his trip to Africa and how after seeing so many beautiful and intelligent Black folks, he vowed to never use that word again.

But that was him, if he didn't want to use it.

 

If Minister Farrakhan uses it from time to time and even Martin Luther King routinely used it, I don't think I'm so far above those men that I shouldn't use it myself.
I use it every day, and sometimes through out the day...depending on who I'm referring to and what environment I'm in....lol.
I generally don't use it when I'm in the presence of Caucasians.
Not because I care what they think of it, but I don't want them to think THEY can now use it after hearing me so freely use it.
 

I will say that I differentiate the word "nigga" from the word "nigger".
Of course they started off the same word...one was just a mispronunciation of the other...but we as AfroAmericans actually made a brand new word out of that mispronunciation which is now a new word with several definitions.
 

But out of respect, I'll keep in mind not to use it when dialoging with you.

[ProfD]

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

And speaking of that word....
 

I will say that I differentiate the word "nigga" from the word "nigger".

 

...but we as AfroAmericans actually made a brand new word out of that mispronunciation which is now a new word with several definitions.

My dad was one of those people who didn't like the word regardless of how I explained that we had redefined and *owned* it.

 

I understand the history of the N-word as the politically correct refer to it.

 

My vocabulary is good enough to communicate with others.

 

Yet, I still cuss like a sailor and call out n8gglets whenever it applies.

[umbrarchist]

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

But out of respect, I'll keep in mind not to use it when dialoging with you.

 

I won't say that I NEVER use but it is very rare and I tend to avoid people who make a habit of it. But I have always found NAACP hilarious.

 

Niggaz Ain't Always Colored People 

[frankster]

I have a visceral reaction and a mixed emotion...to that word

It is believe to have one of three roots

Negro as in Spanish the youngest root

Necro as in Dead.

NGR as in God...the oldest root

It is interesting to note two countries and at least one river in Africa Pays Homage to it.

It is not then Surprising that The resurgence of Pan-Africans is germinating in one such country....These Pan-Africans are challenging the Pan-Africanism of ECOWAS

[Pioneer1]

6 hours ago, frankster said:

I have a visceral reaction and a mixed emotion...to that word

It is believe to have one of three roots

Negro as in Spanish the youngest root

Necro as in Dead.

NGR as in God...the oldest root

It is interesting to note two countries and at least one river in Africa Pays Homage to it.

 

....don't forget the Negus (word for "King") of ancient Ethiopia!

[frankster]

16 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

....don't forget the Negus (word for "King") of ancient Ethiopia!

True..

[frankster]

Western Puppet Regime of Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast it seems has Fallen....another domino of France's Colonial hold on West Africa it seems is dying

 

Capt Ibrahim Traore Is About To Take Ivory Coast | What Happened is Unbelievable MUST WATCH!

 

 

Ivory’ Coast military successfully achieved coup’s

[ProfD]

West African countries liberating themselves from France is great. 

 

I hope they have long-term plans for maintaining their sovereignty and economic self-sufficiency.

[frankster]

Lastest News out of Ivory Coast is that Alassane Ouattara is still in p[lace...reports are he was save by French forces - nothing is confirmed

[ProfD]

3 hours ago, frankster said:

Lastest News out of Ivory Coast is that Alassane Ouattara is still in p[lace...reports are he was save by French forces - nothing is confirmed

The downside to the internet is how easily misinformation and disinformation can be spread like a virus.  Best to rely on news sources that can be verified and confirmed.

[frankster]

5 hours ago, ProfD said:

The downside to the internet is how easily misinformation and disinformation can be spread like a virus.  Best to rely on news sources that can be verified and confirmed.

So True...

Many conflicting reports are coming out....My hope is that Alassane Ouattara has fled and is replace by a Pan-Africanist

[frankster]

Ivory Coast's SECRET COUP: 48 Hours That Changed Everything!

 

 

Actual Situation Still unconfirmed....aluta continua Victoria Ascerta

[ProfD]

55 minutes ago, frankster said:

Ivory Coast's SECRET COUP: 48 Hours That Changed Everything!

Premise of the video would be great if it comes to fruition.

 

Awesome if Africans are mobilized to believe and support building their home countries and form strategic alliances with neighboring countries on the African continent as a whole.

[umbrarchist]

On 9/21/2024 at 5:08 PM, frankster said:

In the sixties nearly the entire continent gain political....now they struggle for economic freedom - progress is sometime slow.

How much economic freedom do Black Americans have? Consumerism is going into debt for junk designed to become obsolete.

[frankster]

12 hours ago, ProfD said:

Premise of the video would be great if it comes to fruition.

 

Awesome if Africans are mobilized to believe and support building their home countries and form strategic alliances with neighboring countries on the African continent as a whole.

This is the "African Summer"...

 

10 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

How much economic freedom do Black Americans have?

Do we have economic freedom?

 

10 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

 

Consumerism is going into debt for junk designed to become obsolete.

Do we have to be consumers as in consumeristic/consumerism?

 

[umbrarchist]

On 5/24/2025 at 10:56 AM, frankster said:

Do we have economic freedom?

 

Do we have to be consumers as in consumeristic/consumerism?

 

There is really no such thing as Freedom, there is only POWER and the lack thereof.

 

If we have electrical devices in our homes don't we have to consume electrical power from whoever is supplying it? Water, food, who "owns"/controls the land?

 

We don't seem to cooperate enough to have much power.

[frankster]

3 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

There is really no such thing as Freedom, there is only POWER and the lack thereof.

He who has power then is free?

or

Is it he who is free has power?

 

3 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

If we have electrical devices in our homes don't we have to consume electrical power from whoever is supplying it? Water, food, who "owns"/controls the land?

What about Homesteaders off grid?

 

3 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

We don't seem to cooperate enough to have much power.

How do we know how much cooperation is needed to achieve power?

[Troy]

46 minutes ago, frankster said:

How do we know how much cooperation is needed to achieve power?

Ask the homesteaders you speak of.

[umbrarchist]

6 hours ago, frankster said:

What about Homesteaders off grid?

What percentage of the population is THAT?

 

I am not inclined to engage about trivia.

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[frankster]

3 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

What percentage of the population is THAT?

 

I am not inclined to engage about trivia.

.

Ever movement has to start somewhere...

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step...till it reaches a critical mass.

 

9 hours ago, Troy said:

Ask the homesteaders you speak of.

One family at a time....is the method they seems to espouse