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@norrisman very well said

morpheus24:
In cap28's mind altered state, associating himself with self realization"black conciousness" thinking is in "his mind"  the true sense of self awareness.

In reality he is still a slave to the 'system" he despises. Stuck in a "matrix" of sorts unable to truly unplug.

MORPHEUS SAYS: "You ARE LIVING IN A DREAM WORLD"!

dumb uncle tom sociopath whose whole life revolves around hating himself and wishing he could have massa's power - learn how to write grammatical sentences.

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there goes the uncle tom again making excuses for oppression - or are you just showing UNDERSTANDING of it

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celente is always spot on, thanks for posting.

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pray that you never find yourself in the same terrible situation as those unfortunate rwandan tutsis, pray that if ever you find yourself in a position where your life lies in the hands of someone else , you will be man enough to apply the same argument about self interest and utility as you have been applying over the course of 4 pages here.

pray that you will be able to accpet the fact that the same self interest and utility analysis that you glibly refer to had to be made in order to determine whether or not your life was worth saving and pray that you will be able to come to terms with the fact that the decision to leave you to die was based on the fact that your life was simply not worth saving, not important enough to be bothered with and of no importance to anyone.

pray that you will face your demise like the man you wish you could be but never will be.
only a sociopath reasons and thinks like you - you have no iota of empathy for your fellow human beings, god help you.

its called self delusion, nigerians like to think of themselves as winners even when the truth of failure is staring them squarely in the face, this lack of self awareness usually leads to a very rude awakening. In morpheus' mind he he thinks that by trying to allign himself with western imperialism that makes him a winner, unfortunately it just makes him look like a delusional self hater.

morpheus24:
Did you therefore condone the shipwreck dilemma or did you understand it in responding to the 'reason' for the justification of the act?
You therefore agree that an "unnatural act" is justifiable within the context of the shipwreck situation. Hmmmm?

You understood the scenario above with clarity in being presented with the entire story in context. Hmmmm?

In the case of the US's non intervention in Rwanda. The self interest scenario played out in the ship wreck situation plays out within this context. difference being only in terms of one being a defilement of the "law of nature" versus "laws established by men to govern action".

if the US refused to intervene in Rwanda on grounds of self interest and utility. You accuse that this is unjust in what moral context?. man's inhumanity to man?

let me get this straight you are comparing an act of murder and cannibalism in order for 3 people to survive a shipwreck incident with the decision to leave 1 million people to die - can you clarify for me how these two scenarios can be compared? are these two scenarios of equal merit and even capable of being evaluated alongside each other 

the justification or reasonableness of a matter is determined by examining the context in which those decisions were made - ARE YOU SERIOUSLY SAYING THAT GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF THE SITUATION IN RWANDA IT WAS JUSTIFIABLE AND REASONABLE FOR AMERICA TO REFUSE TO SAVE 1 MILLION LIVES BECAUSE THEY STOOD TO GAIN NOTHING FROM DOING SO!!!!!

MandingoII:
THESE COUNTRIES NEVER NEEDED THE IMG & WORLD BANK for NOTHING!!!!
THERE is a reason the U.S and Europe calls these countries,

Iraq
Iran
Lybia
Venezuela
Sudan

ROUGE COUNTRIES

and the ONLY reason is because they have OIL an the West wants to GANGSTER IT. and these countries says FUC. K NO!!!

these countries nationalize THEIR OIL and give the MONEY to the people, But the Capitalistic Countries in the U.S an Europe says NO, we want to make money off YOUR resources for OUR rich investors and thus the puppet government of the U.S. sends in air planes to kill little kids and pregnant women WHILE lying to the American public about WMD';s or a humananitarian crisis. Straight Bull Sh.!t!!!!!


All the media outlets gets their marching orders from CORPORATIONS with a vested interest in DELUDING the american fat and lazy public.

amen, bro

morpheus24:
Couldn't resist could you. Too predictable.

Now now, slow down and read through again youngster. To regard as "forgivealble and harmless" would mean to condone. Point lost
You won't win this Cap28. Give up and stop trying to pin me into a corner. You won't win

what is forgiveable and harmless about western imperialism morpheus?

why would an african man regard as forgiveable and harmless the genocide of his own people morpheus?

I have posed this dilemma for you before as usual you seem to dodge the question quite well in putting matters into perspective.

If understanding an action within "reason" to you constitutes codoning that action then you need to go back to school and take a few more classess to stimulate your brain.

what is understandable about leaving 1 million people to die morpheus?

I will repeat the dilemma stated to you in previous posts you somehow seem to dodge responding to:

If 4 men are stuck on a ship wrecked boat and one of them falls seriously ill from drinking bad sea water. This sick man is eventually going to die and the remaining three individuals decide amongst themselves that in order to get back to their loved ones they will kill the sick man and eat his remains to survive and make it until they are discovered.
Is this action bad?
if it is on what moral grounds?
Who sets this mora high ground. Society or nature?
Is the action within "reason"

If the action is bad, is understanding the complexities of the situation a condonement of the action?

Listen youngster. You are better off never responding to me again. its like trying to make  small child understand that santa claus aint real before his brain can fully grasp the concept.

morpheus you have used the above scenario in order to divert attention away from your morally bankrupt mindset, but i will respond all the same - in the above scenario you have 3 people who have resorted to carrying out an unnatural act of murder and cannibalism IN ORDER TO SURVIVE which is JUSTIFIABLE GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE  SHIPWRECKED and are trying to stay alive at all costs, in the case of the US govt what was the justification for leaving 1 million people to face a gruesome death which could very easily have been averted by sending troops to protect these people.

why do you keep digging yourself deeper and deeper into a hole  

morpheus24:
This is coming from an individual who has never been inside a UN building in his entire life,
Can't name one deparment that exists with its body, what its function is, how decisions are made, what information goes into making those decisions , who is involved,
Never commanded a group of soldiers in defence of anything, never stepped on a battle field to wage war against an opponent, Isn't a member of any Humanitarian NGO's doing anything in Africa, never participated in any volunteer missions to save any African lives.

I didnt know i had to physically gain entry into a UN building, command a group of soldiers, step on to a battlefield and wage a war before i could be permitted to criticise the UNs failure to come to the rescue of 1 million africans?
So according to your unhinged mind, despite overwhelming evidence which is now in the public domain PROVING THAT BILL CLINTON BLUNTLY REFUSED TO AUTHORISE TROOPS TO BE SENT TO RWANDA TO SAVE 1 MILLION AFRICAN LIVES i should keep quiet because the right honorable morpheus says so -  hahahahhaahha 

I am very sure you have never had access to any of the top echelons of the US govt but yet you feel you are qualified to endorse, support and DEFEND the atrocities committed by their govt WITHOUT BEING CHALLENGED  - why is that??

HAHAHAHHAHAHA - MORPHEUS THANKS SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING ME WITH ALL THIS UNPAID ENTERTAINMENT - I OWE YOU ONE DUDE - YOU'RE THE BEST

morpheus24:
HA HA hA!

You haven't answered the question. its a YES or a NO

"If Cap 28 visited a prostitution house on a weekly basis because he had HIV and couldn't 'get it" from regular girls and I stated that I understand the reason he does that. Does that constitute "in support of"


Too rigorous for your mind huh? Keep to your simple rantings and ravings. It suites you fine.

For all others: definition:

TO CONDONE:

to regard or treat something bad or blameworthy as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless  e.g a government accused of condoning racism

TO UNDERSTAND: to grasp the meaning of
to grasp the reasonableness (reason)
to have thorough or technical acquaintance with or expertness in the practice of 
to be thoroughly familiar with the character and propensities of
to interpret in one of a number of possible ways
to have the power of comprehension
to achieve a grasp of the nature, significance, or explanation of something

hahahahahaha i know i said i would ignore you but your craziness totally cracks me up-

so you acknowledge that western imperialism is "bad" and YET you regard it as "forgiveable and harmless"

oh and you also  belieive that the selling of arms to both sides in a war is "bad" yet you beleive it is REASONABLE, you beleive the destabilisation of a sovereign state is "bad" and yet by the same token you beleive it is REASONABLE, you beleive leaving 1 million people to die when you could have intervened to save their lives is "bad" yet to you it is REASONABLE

you're doing a very good job of digging a deeper and deeper hole for yourself without my help dont you think

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i now know for a FACT that you are CRIMINALLY INSANE  

I will not even attempt to tap into that crazy twisted sociopathic mind of yours - instead to save my own sanity i will now officially resolve to NEVER EVER again entertain your totally unhinged mind in anything resembling debate, goodbye and goodluck  

morpheus24:
ha ha ha ha!

How can the statement you posted be in support of the US. Look at the second line of the post again and read the entire post in context, dummy!

If Cap 28 visited a prostitution house on a weekly basis because he had HIV and couldn't 'get it" from regular girls and I stated that I understand the reason he does that. Does that constitute "in support of"

To "CONDONE" an action and to "UNDERSTAND" it are two different things

TRY again PUNK!

i know you are an educated illiterate and therefore use words whose meaning you do not understand, but if you dismiss a person's argument as "imperialist propaganda" does that indicate that you are for or against the west?

also if you describe the west/US stragegy of the destabilisation of the a sovereign state as a "perfectly good strategy as far as you are concerned" does that indicate that you are for or against the west/US's foreign policy?

if you endorse the west/US defence manufacturers policy of supplying arms to BOTH sides in a war - are you for or against western foreign policy?

never have i come across anyone as dumb as you in my life.

In defense of white supremacy by morpheus:

morpheus24:
People who use buzz words like agents, imperialist and the likes are so called antagonistic "revolutionist thinkers" who are able to revel up sentimentality and steer up mobs in their self endowed missions of changing the world for the better.

The sad story behind to all  this is that they believe they are rendereing a unique service to their fellowman kind and cast opposing view points or criticisms as agents or slaves to the systems in operation without realizing that they are simply a part of the same EVOLVING flux of SYSTEMS that demands balance and shifts in power structures that will continue to be unevenly distributed till the end of time as a natural state of human kind.


Cap28. WHAT IS YOUR POINT?

TO INFORM OR TO INCITE!!

here again is morpheus JUSTIFYING and DEFENDING the atrocious and racist foreign policy of the US:

morpheus24:
Right right! a response attempt to legitimize your premise which is flawed at best. Your premise proposes that the West have hidden agendas regarding their interests in the middle east with particular emphasis on controlling economic activities within these countries that benefit them. Whats new about that?

What  new strategies are you presenting that have not been used already and continue to be used only in different formats. You supporters call this enlightenment. I call it Hollow and a waste of time. 

Here again he agrees that the US are embarking on a neo colonial annexation of libya  BUT in his book it is justified because:

Because it furthers their agenda of penetrating and destabilizing the region as a means of effecting change they wish to see in those regions that would further their grip on economic control of resources they deem necessary to their survival and continued power status.( is that hard to deduce even by a comon uneducated man?)

Because oppositions(which exist by the way within countries) are willing participants in these unholy alliances as a necessary evil to gaining ground in the furtherance of their fight for power rights within their nations. You fail to mention nor analyze this relevant factor( is this harder to deduce?)

He even goes as far as justifying the USs failure to intervene in Rwanda shamelessly defending a group of racists who did not think 1 million african lives were worthy of protection, but strangely enough now think  libyan lives are (could it be the oil reserves located out in the desert):

Because Rwanda had nothing of economic interest to the US that would warrant a speedy intervention in saving the lifes of black Africans who PLEASE NOTE started the war by their own making in the same pursuit of power. ( Much hardest to deduce I am guessing)

the delusional tom then continues on his boot licking mission:

National interest dictates primary targets who are not allies of a nation. Saudi Arabia is an ally of the US as the US provides indirect protection to the mornachy from external regional aggression despite the Kingdoms atrocities. Whats new about that. ?

He then puts the finishing touch to his infinite self hatred here, by castigating me for higlighting the racist, tyrannical behaviour of the US govt towards weaker third world nations and again rushes to their defence by makign the ludicrous claim that the US IS NOT AN IMPERIALIST NATION:

This holier than though attitude you take in terms of governments and societies is what is baffling to me. I suggest running a country of your own and see how you would fair. I bet the world would be a utopia to you where we all shake hands and greet "Salam' to each other while we wipe each others azzes. You like to sit on the side lines and B.I.T.C.H. don't ya. What organization are you a member of? What issues to you address and on what platforms apart from opinionated forums.?


to continue to misguide people into perceptions that paint the US as some IMPERIALIST machine that covertly tramples on the free choice of soverign nations to choose their destiny is FOOLISH and uneducated thinking for one who appoints themselves as truth tellers.[/b]

more excuses in defence of his slave masters- the US govt:

There are several larger factors that contirbute to the overall problem each of these countries face and even if you remove the "intervention" of the US in terms of its national interests these countries problems still remain unsolvable and before you know it they are calling BIGBROTHER to come help them out in the name of HUMANITY.

Again what are you saying that is new information and WHAT IS YOUR POINT?

In addition not only does he himself not offer up any solutions he accuses anyone who dares to highlight the evils of white supremacy as stirring up emotional sentiments and even goes as far as stating that such endeavours serve no purpose.

His recommendations are that africa remain economically and politcally enslaved to the global capitalist economic systems of the IMF, the multinational predators and the world bank - wow thanks morpheus with friends like you does africa really need enemies?

morpheus24:
Show me one statement through all my threads that defends the west or any body in particular.

wake up and pay attention!!

how about this:

morpheus24:
Nothing new as usual. Just the normal Imperialist propagand.The evil Western powers are at it again huh?

The real discussion should be centered on Globilization aspirations vs Protectionist socio-political economies _Benefits, Flaws and dangers there of;

The US needs the Arab world to be destabilized, perfectly good strategy as far as I am concerned. If there is an opposition that exists within a country and their grievances are not addressed in a political manner then by all means they are free to take up arms regardless of who is supplying them those arms with the rewards that come with economic allliances that may exist after the aftermath.

If a leader is not intuned with the times he is living in . he is a relic and needs to make way for a new age of things regardless of how much we think he is keeping is country "STABLE".

My 2 cents

the words of a supposed "intellectual" i laugh i wan die 

pathetic, desperate attempt using unintelligible, meaningless grammar  to defend the indefensible

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the fact that you dont understand any of it doesnt make it a conspiracy theory.

are all the rebels ex gadaffi officials?

is the telegraph a conspiracy theory website?

is the asian tribune a conspiracy theory website?

is CNN also a conspiracy theory website?

is it the norm for civilians protesters to know how to operate rpgs and military planes without training

Ivynwa:
@Cap
If one take your theory that the West are deliberately going after the wealth/oil of other countries to heart, it will make one wonder whether the human race is really as evolved as our technology, development and intelligence has made us believe. The common saying "the survival of the fittest" comes to mind. Human seems not to have evolved as we all tell ourselves that we have if it's all the same (selfish scrambling with no consideration for others) that is supposed to exist in the animal kingdom alone.

Ivynwa - the europeans built their civilisation on stealing from weaker nations, read about the scramble for africa in 1885 in which all the european powers divided up africa amongst themselves in order to steal the natural resources of the various countries within.  this stealing is still going on but under a different cover - now its done under the cover of free trade, IMF loans and SAP.

MandingoII:
YOUR B.I.T.CH A.R. SE. have given up and laid down in the fetal position already.

you might as well turn over and give up that nasty a, rse to the white man. coward

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I prefer to read the works of noam chomsky and michael engdahl - these are REAL intellectuals, people who  actually understand whats going on not half baked wanna bes like you, word of advice try and broaden your horizons try reading something by one of those authors - it might help you  start understanding the world you live in
a bit more.

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and you professor morpheus, the fount of knowledge and wisdom - pray tell, what wise and wonderful philosophies can we credit your great mind with, what great and wondrous field work can be credited to you,what fantastic and new ideas have come forth from such a great mind.

What great knowledge has the great morpheus imparted to us mere mortals that has not been known to mankind since time immemorial, pray tell wise one enlighten us mere mortals with your infinite knowledge we await your great words with bated breath

Blazing99:
For those who have been supporting a no-fly zone.

Have u seen the hypocrisy of the West? They not only imposed a no-fly zone but they started boming military facilities in Libya and even Ghadaffi's compound. Now tell me if that is fair. When Japan bombed the Pearl Harbour, they made the Japanese sound like evil people. Now the Us-led allied forces are bombing Libya's military and even thinking of arming the rebels in Benghazi. This is becoming an INVASION, which the world is watching passively.

Libya's not the only country that killed protesters. Bahrain did even till now, Syria did, Iran did last year, Yemen is doing presently but pls cud someone tell me why Libya is being invaded? The three letter words "OIL"

Only fellow hypocrites or people who are yet who arent deep would support this action in Libya

its sickening - the US are providing the air cover while the rebels advance and reclaim the cities previously retaken by gaddafi's forces, in other words the US are working with these rebels to overthrow a legitimate govt, where have you ever heard of such a thing happening before? this is like the US govt imposing a no fly zone over nigeria by destroying the nigerian air force and tanks and then forcing the nigerian military to retreat whilst simultaneously providing air cover for MEND to capture all towns with major oil refineries and even giving them enough cover to eventually march on abjua and take over the entire country.

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i am very convinced that nigeria might be next, if the US could turn on their long term ally Mubarak - why would any nigerian puppet president be any different- horus - what do you think of nigeria's vote in support of the resolution to intervene in libya and then the AU's subsequent call for a ceasefire and negotiation - whats that all about?

DeeJay20:
Lol too many people like playing games, anyway CAP28, here's
a video to put in perspective what is going on,

Aaron Russo who Produced films for Eddie Murphy breaks it down

[flash=200,200]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nD7dbkkBIA[/flash]

thanks for posting this deejay, i actually watched this a couple of years ago, it was this guy that really helped me understand what is really going on in the world today, sadly he passed away in 2007, he also directed a documentary called freedom to fascism which details how the federal reserve hijacked the US economy, very very illuminative and interesting, people like him are to be commended for their courage and fearlessness, thats why i laugh when i read the gibberish from pretend intellectuals like morpheus - the people who actually matter, the movers and shakers of the world like this guy knew the score, and there are many more like him who are intent on educating the public - thanks again bro.

Reasons and False Pretexts: Why are They Making War on Libya?


by Diana Johnstone

 
Global Research, March 27, 2011
Counterpunch - 2011-03-24


Reason Number One: Regime change.

This was announced as the real objective the moment French president Nicolas Sarkozy took the extraordinary step of recognizing the rebels in Benghazi as "the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people". This recognition was an extraordinary violation of all diplomatic practice and principles. It meant non-recognition of the existing Libyan government and its institutions, which, contrary to the magical notions surrounding the word "dictator", cannot be reduced to the personality of one strongman. A major European nation, France, swept aside all those institutions to proclaim that an obscure group of rebels in a traditionally rebellious part of Libya constituted the North African nation’s legitimate government.

Since factually this was clearly not true, it could only be the proclamation of an objective to be reached by war. The French announcement was equivalent to a declaration of war against Libya, a war to defeat Qaddafi and put the mysterious rebels in power in his place.


False Pretext Number One: "to protect civilians".

The falsity of this pretext is obvious, first of all, because the UN Resolution authorizing military action "to protect civilians" was drawn up by France – whose objective was clearly regime change – and its Western allies. Had the real concern of the UN Security Council been to "protect innocent lives", it would have, could have, should have sent a strong neutral observer mission to find out what was really happening in Libya. There was no proof of rebel claims that the Qaddafi regime was slaughtering civilians. Had there been visible proof of such atrocities, we can be sure that they would have been shown regularly on prime time television. We have seen no such proof. A UN fact-finding mission could have very rapidly set the record straight, and the Security Council could then have acted on the basis of factual information rather than of claims by rebels seeking international aid for their cause.

Instead, the Security Council, now little more than an instrument of Western powers, rushed ahead with sanctions, referral of alleged present or expected "crimes against humanity" to the International Criminal Court, and finally an authorization of a "no-fly zone" which Western powers were certain to interpret as a license to wage all-out war against Libya.

Once the United States and its leading NATO allies are authorized to "protect civilians", they do so with the instruments they have: air strikes; bombing and cruise missiles. Air strikes, bombing and cruise missiles are not designed to "protect civilians" but rather to destroy military targets, which inevitably leads to killing civilians. Aside from such "collateral damage", what right do we have to kill Libyan military personnel manning airports and other Libyan defense facilities? What have they done to us?


http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23983

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YAWN - you really bore me to tears, honestly, why are you so angry about the fact that no one is interested in your sad raging diatribes?

the us nato intervention has nothing to do with humanitarian issues and everythign to do with the appropriation of libya's vast oil resources, libya has the largest oil reserves on the african continent.

the intervention was based on the spurious allegation that gadaffi attacked unarmed protesters - this has never been backed up with corroborated evidence and even the US defence secretary stated that he has no evidence that gadaffi strafed unarmed civillians:

http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4777

http://landdestroyer..com/2011/03/libya-another-war-another-pack-of-lies.html

if you research the 1991 iraq war and the excuse that the US gave for the intervention then there is a story about sadam's soldiers throwing babies out of incubators onto the floor,this excuse was used to justify intervention, it subsequently turned out that this story was made up by the US intelligence serivices to justify an attack against saddam, you also have the very recent weapons of mass destruction excuse used by the US to justify intervention against iraq - up till now no WMDs have ever been found, this should alert you to the fact that you can not trust the words of the US govt.

what you describe as the goldilocks military plan is inaccurate, i would not describe america's intervention in libya as moderate, the americans have been planning this intervention for months in advance, but its just that its been covert - read this:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23983

also the fact that america launched 120 tomahawk missiles in the first days of these strikes should indicate to you that they are taking the lead in this operation.

the americans know exactly what they are doing - the current destablisation of the middle east was planned a long time ago, even one of their retired generals confirms that fact here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7hMj2NKTc&playnext=1&list=PLC92CC0AEC2C43F25

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everything that i posted on here has been backed up with factual evidence , i have challenged you to refute anythign that i have ever posted on here with your own factual evidence but you couldnt instead you started raging like an unhinged clown - if only you know how sad and pathetic you sound you would really stop making a fool of yourself.

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Its  now obvious to me that you are mentally ill, if not why would you keep tracking my every movement on here,  it appears that your life is so empty that you now dedicate a huge chunk of it to monitoring my every move on NL and then working yourself into a state over  my opinions, what is it about me that you find so threatening?? I know you are a schizophrenic but going by your unhinged diatribes i honestly beleive that you  belong behind the walls of a maximum security prison for the criminally insane.

sun of god thanks for posting these very informative videos.

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pleep you are 100% spot on - i am so ashamed that i happen to come from the same country as some of the people who comment on this forum, as you correctly said white people who you would think would want to protect their govts are openly exposing this intervention as a neo colonial intervention for oil resources but look at these pathetic house negroes deceiving themselves with their slow witted minds that this is about humanitarianism, this is why the europeans were able to enslave us and still have us where they want us till today -its beyond tragic.

I think africans should be proud of black americans for the simple reason that black americans (with the exception of black south africans)  have done much more to try to rid themselves from the shackles of white supremacy than possibly any other blacks worldwide.

The other thing to remember is that black americans are a minority living under a system of rule which has actively subjugated them for centuries, the fact that  segregation is now illegal in america does not mean that discrimination directed towards black americans (and blacks in general) does not exist.  Black americans have fought and continue to fight a whole superstructure created and designed to keep the vast majority of their people in a position of subservience.

I think we africans do not yet understand that we are as much victims of white supremacy as black americans are and thats why many of us actually think that we are in a better position - nothing could be further from the truth - we are facing the same enemy but the enemy just uses a different method to subjugate us.  We (black americans and black africans)  were both dehumanised, brainwashed and taught to hate ourselves by europeans.

With regard to africans our eurocentric education and religion has been able to  complete the task of making us docile, subservient followers of a system that made it impossible for us to be capable of standing on our own two feet.  This is why the average nigerian  is incapable of coming up with non eurocentric ideas or views on life - everything we do is based on mimicry and aping of western european educational systems, ideology and beleif systems.

As a result what you have are people in a permanent state of mental bondage - this brainwashed mental state of africans is the reason why white multinationals and financial institutions are able to continue to steal our natural resources, dupe and con our leaders and generally lead us down a path which will guarantee our destruction.

The brainwashed state of many africans is so entrenched that it prevents many of us from being able to even see let alone identify that white supremacy is the root cause of our problems.

To make matters even worse many of us are in a collective state of self delusion,  we do not even see the irony of our situation, ie that  in order to have half way decent lives we have to flee our countries of origin to live in countries where diasporan blacks have fought and won the very rights that we are denied in our own countries.