[DoctorMichael]

From the article:"......Gone are a modern highway system, a network of airports with daily air service between major cities, guest houses in national parks, plantations, water and sewage treatment plants - in short, all the components of the former Belgian colony's infrastructure......"

These people were better off under colonialism. As you said....

"....Who's that guy behind the tree wearing Ray-Bans with a sat phone?....

There is this thin veneer of civilization there.......and even the little bits that ARE present seem to be twisted, contorted and corrupted.

[zimdog]

From the article:"......Gone are a modern highway system, a network of airports with daily air service between major cities, guest houses in national parks, plantations, water and sewage treatment plants - in short, all the components of the former Belgian colony's infrastructure......"

These people were better off under colonialism. As you said....

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Gone also are the Belgian forced labor, their arbitrary justice and rubber workers' fear of getting their hands chopped off when they don't meet their quota.

Yeah, colonialism was real good. I prefer freedom, in my country and in Africa.