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The West Warns Africa Not to Import Essentials— Instead Says ‘Let Them Eat Bugs’
It’s nothing to do with the free market or rules-based order — it’s mafia geopolitics
In yet another show of barbaric insensitivity, the West is warning African nations against importing basic commodities while pretending to be the good guy, providing aid, and promoting nutrition programs. The Guardian published a piece on September 2nd that was quickly edited after an aid group reportedly said their program was misrepresented.
The title was also changed.
I have yet to confirm this, but when I saw it the morning it was published, I’m fairly certain the title was ‘Let Them Eat Bugs.’ Naturally, I was appalled by that headline, noted it for later reading, and came back to find it changed to ‘UK Urges Hunger-Stricken African Nations to Farm Insects’ — again, I may be misremembering and reached out to the Guardian for clarity.
The title aside, knowing the US and its allies are actively trying to keep those same hunger-stricken nations from doing business with Moscow for much-needed basics, I found the nature of the piece to be hypocritical in a way that the ‘kind-hearted’ West has mastered.
