> be Congo
> colonisation ends
> immidiately descend into civil war
> every road, dam, hospital & mine the Belgians built just sits there rotting
> no engineers left to run shit
> 70iq warlord Mobutu grabs the throne for 32 years
> steals billions
> Congo enters the deadliest African conflict
> drags another 9 countries in it
> 5 million people die
> world now needs cobalt for phones and cars
> kids go back to working in the mines
> militias run the mines with the chinese
> 7 million people get displaced
> country is ranked among the most corrupt countries on earth almost every single year since
“Decolonisation is liberation” is the biggest cope ever lmao.