Why France is Actually Preparing for War With Russia

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[@RealLifeLore]

If you want to learn more about the rise of terrorism in the Sahel region and the French military intervention into Mali, I uploaded an entire video focused on that darker subject to Nebula here: nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-modern-conflicts-french-intervention-in-mali In addition to my monthly Modern Conflicts videos on Nebula, I'm also posting monthly videos to Nebula in my new series called War Room, which provides monthly updates from active conflicts happening all around the world. The first episode of this new series can be seen here: nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-war-room-february-2024 Thanks!

[@devildogu1284]

Attempting to learn from your commentary after you been a clown for 2 years isn't really trustworthy

[@BorderWallss]

I’m still very shocked that most leaders still continue proxy wars due to a massive influence of Cold War proxies.

[@anneblackchurch6862]

​@@devildogu1284what do you mean?

[@maxencebarre3833]

Okay man, I know that what I will write won't be well received in the comments, but please listen to me. I'm not a french troll or a french nationalist (far from it even), but since I'm working in this fields I must say that I am really disappointed with this video. You talked about Françafrique (which is good) but then vomited all the basic stupid russian propaganda that you could find on this subject. No nuance, no counterpoint, no points that well respected medias and organizations in the area would be saying, just blatant old-ass propaganda used by the military juntas in the region. Disappointing from you. Even Reddit threads on this subject would be better made... You could have talked about Bolloré practices in the region (but since you didn't worked on this subject seriously you probably don't even who he is), but no here come the almost conspirationist FRANCE CONTROLS AFRICA BRRRR. This video is dangerous because you feed russian trolls rethoric and shameless anti-western sentiment. Do better.

[@razvanciobotaru3089]

Please make a video about Can you make a video about communism in Romania 🇷🇴 and Moldova 🇲🇩 and Transnistria conflict.

[@nekomakhea9440]

stealing all the light bulbs in your former colony on the way out is some ranked competitive levels of pettiness

[@rmf9567]

Yeah and the Russians will be selling them their light bulbs and then stealing them back again

[@AlexanderMichelson]

This video is anti-French propaganda. It's just pathetic.

[@graemes52]

@@AlexanderMichelsonIt checks out 100% with other historic reports actually, whether you like it or not. Even The French former PM- 'Mitterand' said their duplicitous brutal actions & exploitation in B.F, Niger, & Chad etc were indeed ''just pathetic.'' & couldn't last.

[@muhammadedwards8425]

​@@AlexanderMichelsonTell that to Haiti. Imagine asking your slaves to buy their freedom while claiming slavery is wrong

[@seedoo3295]

bro really thinks it’s pathetic propaganda to call out neocolonialism 🤣🤣

[@kittavares4334]

As a Frenchman, I can tell you most people have zero clue what the government is doing with their tax money in Africa. This is the first time I hear about what happened in Guinea… wtf…

[@taneamtu]

As a Tunisian, i have known the enormous influence of France in the Sahel and most of the subsaharian countries for decades. It has never been a secret that nobody was allowed to invest in those countries if it wasn't a French company.

[@adityamaheshwari251]

classic european , acting like they don't know that they were exploiting others and then lecture others about the equality and humanity ,stop your sympathy baiting .

[@al-muwaffaq341]

Lol it’s because you guys are willfully ignorant 😂

[@potroti]

Even other NATO states helping you in Africa. I am Czech and know about few operations we helped French soldiers in Sahel. But nobody care about that. Media dont care about that and normies dont even know that area even exist.

[@divingstag]

@@al-muwaffaq341 Being willfully ignorant is better than being proud of colonizing North Africa like you Arabs did

[@k2hitsentertainment915]

As a Guinean citizen this is 100% facts and there is a video where Ahmed Sekou Toure told the French we would suffer in freedom than living rich as slave

[@Jakawere1]

Sekou Toure was a true Pan-Africanist. Ai wish we had just 10 of them in Africa

[@TheSubpremeState]

Everyone is a slave. I'd rather not be a slave of Russia/China

[@johnroff1941]

As an avid follower of international affairs for over sixty years: I am amazed how little I knew of what is in the film.

[@MN-vz8qm]

The issue of this film is that it mixes old events from the colonial and francafrique period, with current events. The world has changed since.

[@bounceday]

because its not in english natively probably

[@circusjanitor]

@@MN-vz8qm The state of our world today is a direct result of what was. If you're going to properly understand the context and scope of current events you MUST understand what led to them. In this case, it's French colonialism.

[@MN-vz8qm]

@@circusjanitor OMG are you slow? Indeed one needs the past to understand the present, but that is not the issue here. The thesis of the person who made this video is that France is CURRENTLY a colonial power. As for understanding the past, maybe you should take a look at what west africa was when the french came late 19th century... a few words; slavery, mass human sacrifices, cannibalism, constant tribal wars, extremely low life expectancy. Because of the colonization, teh african demography has exploded, which should tell everything there is to tell about what it was and its results. As for what the french got from it? Easy, because France has kept all senate archives, which show that Africa was a huge financial burden for France.

[@circusjanitor]

@@MN-vz8qm no way you're calling me slow and in the same breath trying to justify colonialism as a moral good and a net benefit for Africans💀 further proof that education does not equal intelligence. I'd hope I wouldn't have to point out needing to understand the past to understand the present-- seems like a pretty simple concept. But you're first comment was so dense I was afraid you didn't know

[@pascalbercker7487]

Viewing from France. I must admit that French media hardly reports on any of this.

[@TheTrooperMB]

i'm relying on foreign informations to get to know what happens to my country .. and we people don't know about it , nobody at work talked about it ..

[@Josephsakala-ub6fd]

Nuclear power plant in France is powered uranium from french colony countries for free since day one stealing from the poor is what European are good for

[@MLMcNabb]

You lot didn’t do anything wrong.

[@freedomsong9747]

Not hardly, but never do they report on it because they all French benefits from it

[@unkouwnfigure2746]

I wouldn't Imagine they do, it's very likely to get them in legal trouble

[@Tnpt_studios]

Neo-colonialism is a topic that needs to get more attention.

[@marechal_joukov2375]

This is the neo-imperialisme too

[@JG-MV]

We never stopped colonialism. We just chased a new strategy

[@xopasstheaux6617]

So basically Israel

[@marechal_joukov2375]

@@xopasstheaux6617 🤫 shhh dont say the J-word ... they got genocided 😢😅😱🥶

[@duhface8066]

It’s better than the Ottomon empire. British colonialism ended slavery in Palestine for example.

[@tostisgood]

Can you please cite your sources and/or post a link to a bibliography in the description? It’d be great for following up on all of these topics!

[@djpete2009]

Do your own research then!

[@wanderlustwarrior]

​@@djpete2009 they aren't making a big ask. Citing sources and/or giving a bibliography would be good form.

[@0O0.0O0ycyfyxtcjbivtxt]

​@@djpete2009don't be ignorant. It's important to cite your sources when reporting on anything, it builds credibility and guess what? IT ALSO HELPS WITH PEOPLE DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH! You want to be an ass on the Internet for what exactly?

[@markhumphreys4496]

@@0O0.0O0ycyfyxtcjbivtxt Based af plagiarism and misinformation can be dangerous

[@RommyAli]

​@djpete2009 what an odd reaction 😂😂😂. Don't hyperventilate over it.

[@Walkzz_minh]

Basically, after France lost Indochina in 1954, the independence of Algeria and the May 1958 coup, the French didn’t want to lose another colony so in 1958, they set up a constitutional referendum in their Africans colonies that if they accepted the constitution, they will become independent in the French community in a period of several years while if they rejected it, they would received immediate independence. Most colonies approved the constitution, while Guinea, under the calls of Ahmed Sekou Toure, rejected it. As a consequence, the French before retreated from the country destroy the country’s infrastructure. And for the colonies that adopted the constitution, they have to carry an "Independent tax" which deprived of them any economic independence.

[@danijeljovic4971]

It's scary how few people know about this

[@therealuncleowen2588]

There is little that Americans care about less than African politics.

[@awsomeboy360]

@@therealuncleowen2588 Americans in general suck at geography despite the country being involve with tons of countries outside its borders.

[@Slipstream317]

@@therealuncleowen2588 Unfortunately, this is true of a good chunk of America (and it's not really confined to any party or region, either). Education here regarding both history and geopolitics is extremely lacking and does not seem to be getting any better. Before this last year, I could not have told you anything more than very common historical knowledge (e.g. the Civil War or the two World Wars)- about a country I have lived in since I was born. It's sad to see how much I've missed, and how many things I've fundamentally misunderstood about history- and given I was always very interested in these subjects, I can't help but wonder how badly people who _aren't_ into history or geopolitics misunderstand and misrepresent things.

[@MN-vz8qm]

Because it is out of context partial truth BS...

[@Skye4008]

@@MN-vz8qm If you are not going to say why, then don't call it bullshit

[@lexiqu360]

This was so interesting to see how much meddling France has done in Africa. Would you do a video on US involvement in central america?

[@nchalt]

We’re going to need a whole lot of videos…

[@ButterHaus420]

Maybe the real US involvement were the friends we made along the way?

[@GizzyDillespee]

Alot of that is unofficial CIA shenanigans - tough research. The Noriega mixtape could be the background music, gently but incessently playing throughout the entire video🤣

[@liberatio8703]

I agree

[@awesomestevie27]

Us involvement in Mexico would be interesting, this presidency is the first non puppet us presidency and because of that Mexico is growing like crazy

[@georgeanto203]

You should add your sources to your description that would be 10/10 content✊

[@hc6122]

I was in northern Ivory Coast back in 2002 when the civil war started. I remember seeing French troops being stationed a block away from our house. We were elated to watch these soldiers roll in with their big guns and tanks after months of violent fighting between the government forces and rebels that cost the lives of thousands. At the time, we saw the French military as saviors because we were lead to believe that President Laurent Gbagbo hated us northerners and wanted to exterminate us. Fortunately my entire family was able to escape the conflict by clandestinely crossing the border into neighboring Mali where my parents are from. We spent 4 days and 4 nights hiding in the back of a semi truck trying to avoid all roadblocks put in place by the rebels. I remember on our 3rd day we got caught by the rebels and we all thought we were going to die in the most horrific ways. I will never forget the terrifying look on my younger brother’s face who started screaming “We’re dead! We’re dead!” as the rebels fired warning shots and aimed their weapons at us. The driver was able to bribe them so they let us go. It wasn’t until decades later that I truly understood what the real story was. Turns out President Gbagbo wanted to leave the Franc CFA and gain back control of the cacao industry to benefit local producers rather than foreign multinationals. So France in conjunction with Alassane Dramane Ouattara (ADO) who is currently the president of Ivory Coast, lead both a demonizing media campaign and a devastating rebellion against the Government of Laurent Gbagbo to stamp out his nationalist ambitions. So it makes my blood boil when most French media and political commentators reduce our rejection of France’s neocolonialism to a simple “anti-French sentiment”.

[@alina616]

thank you for sharing your story, it s all new to me and it helps to understand this video if people like you give examples from their own lives. Thank you

[@Kamfrenchie]

Gbagbo had lost the election and tried to remain in power. The international community recognized Ouattara as the winner and so did the independant commission. Other countries have left the franc cfa, why would we stage anything against them for that ?

[@victor7143]

African Always playing victims, I can tell you a story about my family under phosphorus bombing of my city (le Havre) during WWII by "allies". Or the story of my friends hit by a mortar shell in his village during Bosnian war while he was 16, perpetrated by Serbs (backed by Russia). This world is cruel. Where are you living now?

[@hc6122]

@@Kamfrenchie First of, there’s no such thing as an “international community”. This term refers to a minority of western powers who impose their will on countries that they’d like to control. The 2011 election of Gagbo was validated by the constitutional court of the country. Please go watch Nickola Sarkozy’s speech in which he states “we removed Gbagbo to install Alassane Dramane Ouattara” who has done nothing but represent the interests of France not only in Ivory Coast but all throughout west Africa. But let’s assume that Gbagbo did steal the election. What right does the French government has to drop bombs on the presidential palace of a sovereign country to remove its sitting President? Can you imagine an African nation bombing the white house to remove Joe Biden because Donald Trump said he won the election even after all the courts and institutions said he lost? By the way, the so called international community had nothing to say when ADO flagrantly violated the constitution which limits presidential terms to 2, to get elected for a 3rd term with over 94%. This is not some distant history. This happened in 2020 and he’s currently getting ready to run for a 4th term in 2025. We’ll be waiting to hear from Macron. Lastly, the fact that you would question why France would stage anything against a country looking to leave the Franc CFA tells me you still have a lot of research to do. The video clearly explains how France flooded Guinea with fake currencies when it dared leave the Franc CFA. But I’m not gonna bore with the countless examples from the past. I’ll give you current ones. Did you know that Macron and ADO sank the ECO currency that was supposed to replace the Franc CFA back in 2020? Did you know that Macky Sall (Senegal’s President) and France pull out all the tricks in the books to stop the candidacy of Ousmane Sonko because he said he would leave the Franc CFA and ask French troops to leave his country if he became President? Every single thing I laid out can be independently verified. But of course, there’s none so blind as they that won’t see. God bless.

[@hc6122]

@@victor7143 sorry that happened to you and your friends but me explaining why Africans are rising up against France’s neocolonialism is not playing victim. Playing victim would be complaining about it without taking actions. We’re doing the opposite. France or any other nation looking to exploit us will be systematically ejected out of every single African territory.

[@KaptifLaDistillerie]

As a former French Foreign legionnaire who was in Mali during Operation Barkhane, I remember encountering Wagner Group in a village near Tessalit and even though both sides knew the other was there and it was ok, there was still a bit of tension. One of our guy, a Lithuanian, started an argument with one of Wagner after he apparently said something insulting in russian. I remember how we all looked at each others and instantly understood " let's chill, there's no need to excalate a situation we wouldn't be able to handle ", because let's face it, no matter how much training you have, when your only experience is fighting some dude in ragtags with a rusty AK, you don't feel confident taking on a similar force. I can't imagine fighting in the same place again against trained troops, heavy artillery, armor and drones... Especially in such an open place as the Sahel.

[@Kyr93]

Wagner has experienced battle hardened troops now who fought against a real military like Ukraine

[@MuantanamoMobile]

@@Kyr93 Also against theUS, ISRL, iTurkey andISIL inSyria since 2014 supporting thePresidentAssad...

[@_--Reaper--_]

@@Kyr93Wagner is noobs

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

@@MuantanamoMobile Their experience against the US is rather limited, and nothing to brag about. Not sure who ordered that nonsense, but it was a waste of soldier’s lives.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

That’s some Wild West stuff right there. Glad cooler heads prevailed.

[@user-ht5bv9wj2y]

I'm french and that's litterally the first time in my life i've heard about that. That's actually scary

[@olatejubucknor9022]

You people just think your economic prosperity just came out of thin air

[@LouiseMarie901]

Be careful, double-check the sources.. RealLifeLore is known to present a lot of false/inaccurate information.

[@cauhzi]

bro have you never wondered why so many africans come to france? because they are exploited by the french government

[@kaylee9069]

Stop watching TF1 , they won't report it

[@JohnCena-yu4mj]

Probably because it's not "entirely" true 😂

[@Nightman01]

Amazing quality. Thank you for shining a spotlight on this

[@GrantHendrick]

Thank you for such an informative video about a subject that is not well covered.

[@tonyhawk94]

You've missed half of the story as France is also fighting back in the former USSR backyard : - Defense pact with Moldova - Military procurement and training in Armenia - Economic deals with Kazakhstan and Mongolia - Potential military procurement in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan This is the underground war between Russia and France both fighting in the other's backyard.

[@baguettelauncher8839]

we also train with Romania, and make deals with India and Pacific

[@rinho1790]

And countries like Armenia are currently really happy to get rid of Russia as Russia did the same to those countries as the French did to the African countries.

[@KaliAndy2]

Defensive pacts and economic deals is one thing. Russia send in mercenaries and armed/funded militants to overthrow governments to be able to pillage assets for themselves. It would be equivalent to France sending in mercenaries and funding militants to overthrow pro Russian puppet government in Belarus. I am sure Russia would have no problem with this.....

[@anettemor1730]

​@@rinho1790are they? I run a course on former USSR states since 2011. any state breaking up from Russia in that region goes down economically. EU has free trade agreement with Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. these countries are competing for poorest in Europe title. nobody needs their produce in EU. Latvia, Litva, Estonia after joining EU lost 50% of their population and 90% of their industries.

[@metugeekane8454]

@@rinho1790 Nope... You no idea what France has done to our people in Africa. Stop!

[@cameronmclennan942]

Been living in France for 7 years and it's so hard to find this sort of context and analysis from French sources. Love your work and appreciate so much being able to watch your extra stuff on Nebula

[@loeffelm]

There are plenty of books talking about it ...

[@MN-vz8qm]

Because that is BS...

[@cameronmclennan942]

@@loeffelm I understand the concept of books and where to find them, thanks. From a foreign perspective in France and starting from a low information level, it's hard to get a general idea about what's going on with certain topics without reading 17 books by French geopolitics authors who love the sound of their own ideas more than they love the air they breath. This type of quality educational material is rare from sources in French at this time.

[@loeffelm]

@@cameronmclennan942 Glad you understand the concept of books. You can look for books from Xavier Harel or François-Xavier Verschave. The Françafrique subject is quite something. Nevertheless, France - just like Russia - is only defending its own interests, nothing shocking here. Also, this video implies France’s economy is heavily relying on its former colonies which is absolutely non-sense, look at the figures!!

[@warnaoh]

​@@cameronmclennan942you seriously just watched a KZbin video without any sources and believed everything ?

[@AssanRaelian]

Excellent video & sharing away 👌🏾

[@eurtunwagens2359]

This is excellent material. Half of them I did not know, despite my obsession with details of history. Thank you. I subscribe immediately.

[@MN-vz8qm]

The issue of this video is that it mixes old events from the colonial and francafrique period, with current events. Hence his conclusions on current french politics are stupid.

[@CaptainElijahAviation]

@@MN-vz8qmand the same goes for you user name being stupid 🫠

[@matto5547]

The good news is, all they’ll have to do is rotate the flag 90° one way or the other, depending on how it goes

[@kakpraat18]

180 degrees 😂

[@JeanFoutre-yi5us]

​@@kakpraat18What he means is that they can switch the flag to make a russian or a french one in Africa

[@kakpraat18]

​@@JeanFoutre-yi5usI saw this now.

[@simonmorel9895]

What would we do with a dutch flag ?

[@nikolasmaes99]

No, the white needs to be at the top, not the middle.

[@MrVellot]

Wow, I knew France was still sucking resources from Africa, but I didn't know that it still has such a big influence there. If I remember correctly, Gabon was the 1st country where France found uranium 235+238. And it was a VERY rich deposit, which supplied France with Uranium for years.

[@MuantanamoMobile]

The basically stolean entire Island from the EastAfrican IslandCountry of Comoros.Mayotte.

[@thc6664]

but its the russians thats are evil....france is a dying clown show

[@_Ottho]

@@MuantanamoMobile The people of Mayotte should be forced back into the Comores against their wish ? Do they have the right to chose their destiny, or must you chose for them ? You imperialist bastard

[@MN-vz8qm]

Breathe, this channel is pushing BS. Africa has laways been a huge net cost for France, both back during the colonization, and even more today, just some classical russian propaganda...

[@mozi3051]

They were very active in the horn too u til our civil war. Now they are in Djibouti. Most people dont know it but it's a somali republic. There are some islands at the mouth of the red sea. They took them from us for forever. Not to mention the islands in central east africa. Mayotte etc

[@RobKlarmann]

Your videos are of such high journalistic value, and so incredibly informative. Thank you! This is brilliant work that deserves to be heard by all! Keep it up.

[@pp-8829]

Thanks!

[@jackin_it]

I actually did a school presentation about Francafrique last year in my English 11 class. Immediately after, there were news highlights about countries removing French influence.

[@Temuulen.J]

They must have seen your presentation bro.

[@eugenefrolov1396]

Was it that bad or that good? 😅

[@samwelsuleiman]

dude accidentally kickstarted a revolution and is playing it cool

[@xVipera]

That's impressive.

[@STROONZONY]

Frankoe freak from Freetown

[@Randomguy-wy4xi]

Adopting a foreign currency for your own country is a double-edged sword. For one, it stabilises your currency, which is why Argentina is thinking of adopting the US dollar. That being said, as mentioned in this video, it deprives the country of its economic independence.

[@Mrbarmitsoulo]

Exactly. Also it increases significantly the risk of external debt skyrocketing and NIIP going negative. Which is the "real"debt. Monetary colonialism is an old trick. Without monetary sovereignty there is no economic sovereignty and that is a FACT.

[@unkownmn]

Barter and trade is real economy,the $ are just the vessel its why nike go half price but america but medical, emergency there not good

[@tuomasronnberg5244]

Not being in control of your currency is a benefit not a hindrance, when you are cursed with one government after another that make money printer go brrrrrr

[@Monkechnology]

Impressive. Very nice. Now let's see how the euro deprives european countries of their independence....

[@brianliew5901]

Milei dreams of getting rich like Japan or S. Korea on becoming Uncle Sam's pet.

[@mehdiJoe]

Wonderful and deep analysis as usual! Thank you!

[@LaDeCR]

Thank you for reminding me I need to resubscribe to Nebula - KZbin algorithm recommended you and once I saw you're on Nebula, I figured it was a no brainer to follow you and watch your vid

[@ansonpang]

you sound like a bot

[@LaDeCR]

@ansonpang sounds like something a bot would say

[@whtiequillBj]

the CFA Franc sounds to me like an extreme version of a "company town" where you have company money to spend at the company store.

[@leboucfou5834]

they can leave whenever they want, France is itself in a monnetary union and we don't say the same thing while the goal is the same, the more countries the stabler the money, which for those africans countries is quite important because they have other problems to deal with

[@zilindogomes1767]

​@@leboucfou5834rubbish. The african leaders in power are all french puppets. Every time a leader tries to quit the franc cfa he is removed swiftly

[@ricardokowalski1579]

I am not defending and will not defend the CFA system. I just want to point out that, among the many problems these countries have, hyperinflation (a-la Argentina, Venezuela, or Zimbawe) is NOT one of them.

[@Eoin_D]

Crusty dollars

[@budakbaongsiah]

​​@@ricardokowalski1579 because they CAN'T have inflation, obviously hyperinflation cannot be a problem that's like saying an leg-amputated man should be grateful that it would not have leg cramps

[@AA-hg5fk]

Kazakhstan #1 producer of uranium, great success!

[@user-cq1ro5dr6g]

very nice

[@Sancredo]

All the other countries produce inferior uranium

[@mrlegkick91]

Wawawewa!

[@karmatologist]

That’s because Kazakhstan is greatest country in the world. All other countries are run by little girls.

[@Javiercar]

I pay internet for this!! 😂😂

[@andrewcox1677]

Excellent documentary!

[@garrettversluys5693]

Great video, thank you

[@vinniechan]

"umscrewing all the light bulbs before they left" This is next level petty

[@filipeisabelinho3425]

My uncle had a a small space rented out for a shop by a woman, when she left she took the wall sockets xD

[@ommsterlitz1805]

He literally took the propaganda Algerian iIIiterate FLN party as sources for this video it's crazy 🤣🤣

[@athenak4666]

Right?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@roo72]

I guess you never experienced Soviet/Russian occupation

[@itsKarlDesigns]

​@@ommsterlitz1805it does the same most of the videos, just spreads generally negative source bias. It makes the videos more entertaining I guess and for the kind of people who "do their own research" by skimming youtube videos on 2x speed without verifying any sources lol

[@shaunansell7352]

Wow a real must watch. The world is so much more complicated then you realise. Very eye-opening, thanks for making this.

[@joseftyl5667]

American?

[@pugilist102]

I don't feel so bad about the African migrant invasion of Europe now. Europe is exploiting the continent.

[@JM-kv2kn]

This is why I disgust at the hypocrites making putin a singled out tyrant

[@phonkenjoyer7072]

you gotta be an american to think this is crazy news

[@wilfred5656]

Europe used Africa and then destroyed it

[@victorwekesa6001]

Thanks for making this video concerning Francophone Africa, as these countries are refered to. Please make more videos on Africa such as "China in Africa", "History of the Congo", "The Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya", etc.

[@ndepke]

12:20. The americans said france should let algeria have it's independence. Ten years before america annexed hawaii to become the 50th state

[@ugonna1878]

as a nigerian, i never even knew this was going on , i hope everything is right with my neighbours

[@skp8748]

Your country sanctioned them because France told you to

[@ugonna1878]

yeah i know, my country is not the best and our leaders are very corrupt@@skp8748

[@bewertsam]

look into what exxon and the other oil companies have been doing in nigeria too. more people need to know whats going on

[@maxencebarre3833]

@@skp8748 Heres comes the russian bots.

[@QueenMooSuko]

Its happening in your country too in a way through Dutch Shell.

[@deepreview1325]

As a citizen from Ivory Coast that is a true reality that the don't know. The CFA franc and is even still printed in France. The ex France colony are still not independent. Sad reality. You got a new subscriber dude. Nice video.

[@Kamfrenchie]

they are independant, they're free to leave or ask for reforms

[@aguluman]

​@@KamfrenchieHow ignorant you are.

[@hitriyzhuk9879]

Let me guess, all gold reserves were transferred to the France too?

[@hc6122]

@@hitriyzhuk9879France is the Number 4 producer of gold in the entire world without having a single gold mine on its territory. You riddle me that.

[@LocalK5000]

​@@Kamfrenchie yes free to leave like a wife who half of her fortune is in her husbands bank account 😂

[@angelosantamaria2859]

I’m French: many things I didn’t know, I discovered here. Not so proud. A few things to add: the term « France-Afrique » can also be phonetically perceived as a pun, « fric » meaning money… to France. Another thing that I think wasn’t mentioned in the video: Russia is trying to take over with troops, yes, but also China is pouring more and more money into that unstable region to gain influence. I don’t know if it’s good news.

[@cyberslan]

C'est la différence entre la Chine et la Russie, la 1ère investit pour échanger et avantager son économie quand la 2e pille les ressources et commet des crimes de guerre. Les chinois sont moins bourrins et plus mercantiles.

[@vladimirnikolskiy]

@@cyberslan Comment n'avez-vous pas honte de parler des actions de la Russie! La quasi-totalité de ses réserves d'or, à 85%, les pays africains sont tenus de détenir physiquement en France sous le contrôle de la banque Centrale française. Les pays africains n'ont pas le droit d'utiliser plus de 15% de cet argent et s'ils en ont besoin, ils sont obligés d'emprunter leur propre argent à la France à des taux commerciaux! Sur cela, la France "gagne" 500 milliards de dollars par an! Les pays africains continuent de payer à la France ce qu'on appelle la «taxe coloniale». C'est officiel. Pour comprendre l'ampleur de cette "taxe": selon les estimations de la République togolaise, elle représente 40% du budget du pays! Il s'agit de l'argent que chaque pays verse chaque année à la France pour qu'elle ne soit pas traitée comme une Guinée dans laquelle les français ont détruit toutes les écoles, hôpitaux, jardins d'enfants, brûlé des livres et des médicaments, abattu tout le bétail en 1958, lorsque le pays a décidé de déclarer son indépendance. Le gentil et gentil général de Gaulle, à qui il y a un monument à Moscou, a ordonné alors de sortir de Guinée tous les biens, et ce qui ne peut pas être retiré - de détruire. Et les bibliothèques ont été brûlées, les terres fertiles empoisonnées, les machines agricoles détruites, les magasins détruits…

[@victor7143]

​@@cyberslanc'est un partenariat, la chine investit économiquement, tandis que Russie investit militairement pour protéger les intérêts russo-chinois. Les russes sont certes plus compétents militairement que les chinois mais ça ne change en rien le fait que les chinois sont des bourrins et n'hésitent pas à tuer s'il le faut.

[@victor7143]

T'apprends bien tes leçons toi@@vladimirnikolskiy

[@entropyss]

you talking about chinese debt traps, they stopped issuing them since like 2019, and struggle getting their money back (they take resources for cheap instead). everyones the same. And america has done more of this type than france, and worse. USA had forced france to quit on its colonies after ww2, so did USSR, somehow they didnt want anyone else to be powerful. I think its important france has power, cause otherwise we're letting china, russia, iran, saudi arabia, and usa take over. Only think to think about, is that we should have done it differently, and have a tighter relationship, whilst mutually benefiting each other.

[@damazdavalabagazh]

Brilliant. Thanks.

[@Jane-qh2yd]

European countries try not to get involved in foreign affairs challenge: Impossible

[@rikuvakevainen6157]

You need to be a North-Korea mode.

[@lilboyblue3000]

​@cronostrigger6401 So does Japan yet they found way to trade for stuff.

[@MrWilliGaming]

every country on earth that has had any influence looked to expand its influence

[@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female]

@@MrWilliGaming Not really. Native Americans, Africans, Australian natives, etc.

[@MrWilliGaming]

@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female african nations had their own kingdoms tribes and wars for expansion. and I can assure you that the only reason why they stayed on in africa and just didn't get themself some nice slavs or colonies in the alps is because they couldn't. the same is doubly true for American natives and triple true for australia.

[@al-muwaffaq341]

Guinea’s president use to be in the French foreign legion and he has a French wife.

[@youngsimbah]

I swear he’s a french puppet

[@legendaryclarity]

The wife is also French foreign legion.

[@al-muwaffaq341]

@@youngsimbahhe definitely is. We don’t trust him

[@ambessaseway5594]

True and guinea is of the resource rich country in the World

[@chris63952]

ahh yes bribe them with the white wimmins

[@donwolff6463]

Please, please, oh for the sake of clarity, and my poor old waning eye sight, make your text font size slightly larger. I so love your programs, but become thoroughly frustrated by not being able to read your small charts which so distracts from both the engagement and the learning. I so want to get the full benefit from the effort you put into these vids, but in the instance of some texts sizes, it becomes completely fruitless and often times even sadly aggravating (especially when a charts you did will help really clarify the issue and I am just bleeding out the sides of my eyeballs squinting so hard to try to read the text...which I just cant seem to do...and then I'm pissed and covered in eye blood ;-) Remember, many of us are on phones and thus can't see the very small text. However, nearly every time, on all your vids, you have enough space to make the font sizes slightly larger without blocking the rest of the primary focus of the picture being displayed. So, please, please, I keep, and will continue to keep asking you to please, for the sake of all that is decent and good in humanity, please increase your font size.

[@EyeOfTheTiger777]

I second this...

[@Jesse-km4sm]

My brother joined the French foreign legion and told me about the problems in Africa, he was never deployed but there was a lot of talk about military intervention, this was three years ago but damn things have gotten bad

[@Foundations01]

"Bongo was an ardent francophile, who..." We prefer the term "Ouiaboo".

[@eustacemcgoodboy9702]

Now THAT is funny.

[@MionMikan]

absolutely golden comment. gave me a hearty chuckle

[@boomknuffelaar]

And the award for best wordplay of 2024 goes to...

[@spinnetti]

ok, that was funny.😆

[@imagebboy]

lol

[@adarshkumar4336]

I really feel like videos like this should include links and sources in the description.

[@martinleroy5350]

right

[@fuckinghatethisshit6177]

nah bro, that would hurt the propaganda! don't question anything, exercise blind trust! USA good, Russia bad! Don't you dare question that

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Ohh, that would be really awesome!

[@JoeMitchell2]

The lack of sources should cause us to question EVERYTHING being said. The difference between good historiography and what could be a fairy tale is the presence or absence of good sourcing. Without sources to verify statements, the underlying justification for believing what’s being said is literally “just trust me, bro.” That feeling of “wow, this makes SO much sense!” is really easy to engender in an audience if you don’t have to post your sources. With that said, I hold a BA in History, and did about 1/3 of my studies on this region, and I didn’t see or hear anything in this video that I would say is false or even really all that suspicious. However, that in itself makes me a little suspicious - nothing in human history is ever perfectly sensible, clear-cut, and easily understood. But, without sources to check their statements against, that’s all I can say. It seems credible, it doesn’t *appear* to be an outright fabrication, and it is internally consistent. I feel like there’s one last thing which should be mentioned: There have been a limited number of events in which massive stores of ancient knowledge have been lost or destroyed, such as the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, the conquest of Baghdad & destruction of the House Of Knowledge, the “Great Leap Forward” and the Spanish conquest of the Aztec… Another of these events has been underway in the region this video focuses on, concerning the libraries of Mali. Jihadist forces consider the truly ancient scrolls that had been stored there for hundreds to more than a thousand years to be against their religion, and as a result they have been systematically destroying them, hunting down those who are attempting to hide, preserve, or evacuate these documents and artifacts - there have been some amazing stories of heroism in the service of the preservation of these priceless works, but most end in tragedy. Russia / Wagner / “Die Neue Afrika Korps (but we swear the other guys are the real Nazis!)” do NOT give a shit about ancient scrolls from Mali. They want gold, and other raw materials come in a distant second. France sucks for the way they’ve treated these people, but a mere cursory glance at the history of Russia will suffice to show that they have never - EVER - truly been a force for decolonization. If they ever came close, those days are truly over now, as Putin has expressed an almost completely overt desire to re-establish the Russian Empire. Inviting Russian troops into your country to help with peacekeeping and security is a very, very bad move that has never turned out well for ANY who have attempted it.

[@camaycama7479]

As french I can tell you that all of this is well known by anybody with basic french geopolitical knowledge. Nothing surprising.

[@rosandrio]

great video bro, knowledge is power❤

[@jasmeenmalhotra2225]

More people should be talking about this.

[@worldofsarthak1628]

The moment France stepped into Armenian conflict it became clear France's of late extra hawkish stance towards Russia is not about Ukraine or Europe alone. Russia is hurting France in unique ways. What could that be? Well, what else but Francafrique! Even though I understood this is an intuitive, general sense this video has helped me to grasp the issues in a more concrete manner. Thanks for that.

[@Kamfrenchie]

Armenia is just a country France historicly cares about

[@Vavilon77777]

​@@Kamfrenchie Lol. Sure.

[@georgefenrirbitadze4757]

​@@Kamfrenchie ahahhahhahhahhhhahahhahahhahaahahahhhahhha

[@Kamfrenchie]

@@georgefenrirbitadze4757 you would have bee more convincing and won if you had added one more "hah". Too late now.

[@Kamfrenchie]

@@Vavilon77777 Indeed. Why wouldn't we ? We've had good relation with them, they have a well assimilated diaspora in France, they're the first christian kingdom afaik, on top of other things. Do you prefer azerbeijan ?

[@wikmedi5715]

Dude - that's what one can call analysis ! No bullshit, no biased cheering or whinig for a prefered side - thank you

[@AbsurdAsparagus]

there is bias, its bias against French colonialist propaganda. I know that seems like a technicality, but its important to remember that you cant actually have no bias. 'no bias' is a made up concept designed to manipulate you. rather, you always have some kind of bias, you just need to know exactly what that bias is and how to responsibly manage it. for instance, people like to pretend centrism is unbiased, but thats false, a bias towards centrism is a bias away from extremism. that does not make it inherently correct, sometimes the extreme position is the correct one. example, the abolishment and outlaw of slavery was an extreemist position. the centrist position was that slaves should live good lives. they would still be slaves, they just would be "happy slaves". the centrist position on slavery was fucking crazy. and the extremists position that slavery should just be abolished, was correct.

[@Moshie71]

No bias? Are you thick - they just outlined point by point how exploitation is destroying nations and that’s what you took from it …

[@ogrelord914]

⁠@@AbsurdAsparagusLol, what a pathetic relativist take. Abolitionism was an extremist position only from the perspective of slave owners and those who benefited from it, hardly representative of the majority of population

[@scottnorris3437]

Unlike eurocentric History legend channel who argued French would be wealthier without Africa.

[@mr.meeseeks3074]

I wouldn't say that. I don't know much about most of this but what I know well about is French Nuclear Plants and Niger uranium mines and a lot of what he says is wrong or deceptive. Which makes me doubt the rest. I still think the ideas are sort of right but I would be careful with believing everything he says. And it would not be the first time he takes freedom with reality, hes often quite sensationalist

[@ooltimu]

Thank you for this! This kind of subjects are barely, if even covered by daily news.

[@GrannySugarmuffins]

If you want to learn more about this topic there's a great doc out in theaters right now: Dune: Part II

[@stephenpowstinger733]

Most of my friends think I spend too much time on foreign affairs like in Africa but I don’t spend enough to understand it fully. And many Americans ignore foreign crises.

[@omnianti0]

the first crisis is the UN falacy

[@MN-vz8qm]

Breathe, this channel is pushing BS. Africa has laways been a huge net cost for France, both back during the colonization, and even more today, just some classical russian propaganda...

[@JeffreyFay]

Americans are no less informed on current global events than Europeans.

[@AM-dc7pv]

I suppose, I should atleast point out some nuance/context: Many Americans do ignore foreign problems...when domestic crisis at home for the average American must take precedence and right now it is a tacit issue but I digress. Outside of that, a significant percentage [if not nearly all or all] of modern world crisises receive American aid relief in some manner. Not sure if you meant the connotation but yes, as those with the most...we actually do give pretty much the most and the second typically being our allies from America's hat, the Canadians to those across the pond in GBE/UK or Europe and increasingly Australia/NZ and SEAsia from like Japan, SKorea and Taiwan. This is why disaster and conflict zones outside of our borders can be reached with very decent reliability Americans on site providing civilian relief from health service personnel like doctors, nurses, maxillofacia specialists, etc rendering life saving services to the unfortunate in warzone relief refugee, sanctuary and missionary camps to even specialists like pathologists and laboratory specialists for example in outbreak events to municipal, civil and infrastructure scientists and engineers in ecological sustainability or disaster relief from like severe typhoons. So, a significant portion of American effort (ie. human, manufactured and economic/financial capital) goes abroad to help others...but that's not as attention/click grabbing, soundbyte or algorithm friendly as like breaking news coverage of USAF fighters and bombs raining carnage upon some small country with a bunch of teens with oily skin and acne that are protesting outside of a newly opened McDonalds. Or my favorite for newspaper headlines is: Ex: "Small country that just found oil and suddenly their government is now overthrown by a radical Islamic terrorist cell and is wet and ready for stiff and girthy trouser slab of freedom, liberty and managed democracy throbbing through a 500kg bomb shoved up their bonus holes", front page article picture shows fighter jets streaking overhead and bald eagle standing on your shoulder as fireworks erupt behind you as you hold both a blasting AR-15 and a US flag standing defiantly atop an Abrams tank...why? Because, Amurica...f--uh-ck yeah. Anyways...

[@cavebabybezerkers]

Cause they're scared 😱. Americans don't have to look at foreign policy all they have to do is look at the blacks here. The average American is frightened here at home. . Hell nooooo !!!! They can't cope with what's coming from thier foreign policy aswell

[@tahaymvids1631]

As an Algerian thank you so much for covering this, people need to know ❤

[@Labistouket]

France created Algeria

[@Le_Church]

You need to be quiet. You guys have never contributed to anything worthwhile in history.

[@EI8THENOOB]

@@Le_Church And you need a gym membership

[@zeldeure1765]

​@@EI8THENOOBWhat is a body without a mind? He needs to finish basic education, then he can get a gym membership.

[@EI8THENOOB]

@@zeldeure1765 I mean yeah thats kinda true

[@SMG043]

Fascinating info

[@marlbankian]

Excellent food for thought !

[@dr.woozie7500]

This video needs to have French subtitles.

[@7xvn110]

We can understand and speak English

[@wordsmith451]

​@@7xvn110ah ouais vous êtes tous des anglophones nickels 🤣🤣🤣

[@deyfuck]

French people can understand English, they just pretend they can't.

[@jansix4287]

@@7xvn110 Not the people in "former" French colonies, who need to hear this.

[@7xvn110]

@@jansix4287 im French not from a former colony tanks and we know what our country his doing in Africa but you want me to do what kick out the French soldier in Africa myself

[@SlackHoffman]

I spent time in Guinea 🇬🇳,Gabon and Mali 🇲🇱 and across the Sahel and I can tell you that the Sahel is Hell !!

[@MiguelMC-Yt]

I've been in Guinea too! And I have to say it was rlly tough

[@hellifreiherr260]

can you provide some events and circumstances, why the countries poor and tough? Have the colonial masters left behind the problematic situations?

[@AvogadroAvogadro]

Tell me what you were doing in those countries? Are you not a CIA terror recruiter?

[@anon858.]

​@hellifreiherr260 the video explains most of it, and you can do some research. But just a quick update, 14 African countries (most of which are in the sahel region) still use the "CFA francs" which is a French currency, and they are expected to keep 50% of their reserves in the French treasury in France. That tells you how France still controls these countries prevent them from growing.

[@Gold-lv5ih]

Exaggerate much? I've spent time in Guinea with no issues. Nice locals as well

[@christopherwalls2763]

Very informative

[@JH-no8sy]

I think you would benefit from providing your sources in the description as well.

[@ambroisep.p8706]

I remember the stories my father told me when he was a child about how the French colonial troops in Cameroon burned alive His neighbors With napalm bombs. and decapitated countless people. He was only 6 years old at the time he told me that it traumatized him and he will now carry this for the rest of his life

[@athenak4666]

😱😱😱

[@AlexanderMichelson]

Good stuff. French had balls back then.

[@mvhommed]

@@AlexanderMichelsonthis does not make you any more credible in any way shape or form

[@johnnykrauze]

​@AlexanderMichelson or, you can say, The French were vicious war criminals back then.

[@svenmuller5332]

the french are the legitimate rulers of that region

[@particles343]

I worked in the oilfield in Gabon. There are a lot of French expats there and companies.

[@HughMungus11]

Yeah well there isn’t enough expertise in Gabonese companies to efficiently extract resources there, so the government will have to work together with foreign, in this case French companies to effectively extract oil

[@Booz2010]

🥖

[@Asif24960]

Expats??? You mean immigrants. Why is it only white people get called expats and everyone else an immigrant?

[@Snaoe]

​@@HughMungus11"black people are too stupid to use their natural resources, that's why we need to exploit it and make our country wealthy instead"

[@stralestrale47]

@@HughMungus11 lol sure sure hahahaha. Does frnech companies alsohelp with children extracting uranium with their hands and selling it 1kg for 0.7 dollar?

[@lennart266]

Great video

[@joshuaholder6818]

Amazing documentary!

[@lacroraw]

Without any sources !

[@tchekof]

You're wrong about there being no uranium within France borders, there's enough Uranium deposits in France, especially in the "Bretagne" region. As a french i've lived 30km near an abandoned uranium mine for example. It's just not interesting for french companies to exploit these mines, due to factors such as pollution, it's way more economically and environmentally interesting to get it from foreign countries while safeguarding the strategic reserves for latter uses.

[@highlifeking1]

Typical greedy French!

[@familyguycuts510]

how many gold mines you have btw? and what about your gold reserves?!

[@DraxonTe]

​@@familyguycuts510and diamonds

[@bremnesen]

@@familyguycuts510 2450 tons of Gold, never had any mines as friends in Africa has been giving it to France as a way of showing the love for their protectors.

[@BlunderCity]

​@@bremnesen Err... idiot, are you aware that gold reserves don't come from gold mines?

[@johnkerich876]

You left out why kodaki was killed. Kadafi wanted to set up a rival currency to replace the french colonial frank. As soon as he did that, he was a dead man. The French also demanded concessions from the rebels to run the oil fields after the war for their help, but that never happened because the whole country collapsed into chaos.

[@jhawksmoore9773]

the golden Dinar was designed to trade oil, so it could have wiped out the CFA Frank, sure, but the main target was the Dollar...

[@robf1801]

"Kodaki" 😆

[@zemstafreda]

Yep, that's one theory. Another one says that he wanted to unite Africa and another that he wanted to colonize Mars.

[@pyhead9916]

@@B0tch0Wow...NOT TRUE...Kadhafi was killed by the American CIA by order of Obama and Hillary, who was the Secretary of State.

[@msmith9640]

The people of Libya were sick of Kadafi, and they rose up as part of the Arab Spring. He was gunning protestors down, helped by foreign mercenaries. He was about to bomb the rebels when the West intervened.

[@comicomment]

France has been banning movies about this subject since the 1960s. The European Union never spoke out as Great Brittain, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium had their colonies break away earlier, yet in the same fashion.

[@krishminj6919]

Do not called Great Britain . You called "Thief Britain ".

[@MN-vz8qm]

Wait, which movie has been banned in France in recent times? None? yeah I figured...

[@Manupcservices1]

Interesting video, just for information, there's an error on the French nuclear reactor map. The leftmost plant in French Brittany is a gas powered one. Situated in Landivisiau it is half owned by Totalenergies. I visited it, so I know what I'm talking about.

[@brianmessemer2973]

2:03 The "Coup Belt" makes places like the Rust Belt seem not so bad

[@28704joe]

Borscht Belt must also be feared.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

Cool Belt? :D oh Coup Belt :(

[@bobjohnson3940]

Replacing one foreign ruler for another is the circular cycle of history in action. The future ruler very often comes in the form of the savior

[@hmu05366]

Yeh whatever the Africans do will be the wrong thing anyway… they literally never do right by their people

[@pll3827]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

​@@Anverse-14they refuse to leave😂😂their economy is dependent on cheap west African loot and them storing their money in their banks.

[@kingofnerds576]

@@pll3827 “Oh, I wouldn’t say ‘freed’, more like ‘under new management’.”

[@gseries2567]

same dictatory in Greece.

[@Apex_Footy]

Great analysis bro

[@Brownyman]

I would argue that the greatest threat to the CFA franc, as well as the US dollar for that matter, was Gaddafi’s attempt at creating the “African gold dinar”. A precious metal based continental currency that African nations would use as an alternative to European/American fiat currencies.

[@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197]

Gadaffi wasn't a saint but if he were successful he would have changed the continent for the better. But the US and EU need a place to keep getting cheap raw materials. George Soros also couldn't manipulate the economic system like the did in the UK to make billions at the expense of everyone else so as a sponsor of Obama he told him to invade Libiya.

[@deviantan021]

One of the main reasons they murdered him and destroyed Lybia

[@User-jr7vf]

@@deviantan021 The other reason is that the government in Lybia was weak, and the US exploited that weakness by encouraging the rebels to topple the government. Ask yourself why hasn't the US destroyed Iran until now? Because they know they would have a very hard time doing that, even with a coallition. The Lybian army was destroyed in months, while the Iranian forces are spread all across the Middle East.

[@tribinaaux4043]

@@User-jr7vfLibya is flat land while Iran is entirely mountainous

[@AL-lh2ht]

You know no African countries actually supported this right? It just a random idea he has among many between his war crimes and invasions.

[@gencis44]

Correction "The 14 countries still deposit 50% of their money , it use to be 80% then 75% ... and if they need some cash they have borrow their own money at interest" ....

[@user-nr6my3rw4m]

EQUATING TO 500 BILLION USD EVERY YEARS.

[@MN-vz8qm]

@@user-nr6my3rw4m omg the amount of BS one can hear on teh internet...

[@williamdavis9562]

@@user-nr6my3rw4m Basically without which the French economy would implode.

[@blackhole606]

​@@williamdavis9562With 500 billions $ a year input, how is the debt still 2785 Billions $, in more than 50 years?

[@williamdavis9562]

@@blackhole606 Lots and lots of spending.

[@wilmerrodriguez2719]

Excellent analysis

[@dzpower9156]

For several decades, France's prosperity relied on the economic exploitation of this African region and its population, thereby generating a persistent anti-French sentiment. This reality motivated Algerians to engage in armed conflict against France in 1954, resulting in their expulsion from Algerian territories. Additionally, even during this period, France desired to exploit Algeria's natural resources. However, the nationalization of the oil sector in 1972 allowed Algeria to exercise increased control over its wealth, marking a turning point in its relations with France. Despite this, traces of resentment persist to this day in the relations between the two nations. And it is worth noting that the issue began in the Sahel due to French intervention in Libya, which led to widespread destabilization in the region.

[@Tusk-ruk]

You're painting a very biased picture. Algeria is independent since 1962. The resentment is mostly one-sided, it has been fueled since then by the Algerian power as an excuse to mask its own shortcomings. The average Frenchman is totally unaware of what is going on in Africa, and would gladly be left the f alone.

[@masoodjalal1152]

@@Tusk-ruk "Algeria is independent since 1962." The term is Neo-Colonization. "The resentment is mostly one-sided, it has been fueled since then by the Algerian power as an excuse to mask its own shortcomings" Steal and pillage countries for decades and then blame them for being poor. Maybe if France didnt steal from them they would be in better shape. "The average Frenchman is totally unaware of what is going on in Africa" Well, that says it all doest it?, you are kept unaware while your country is involved in Africa. "and would gladly be left the f alone." The Africans want you to leave them alone, but it is france who doesnt want to. It is not biased, it is the reality. but you are being kept unaware by your country.

[@Flavius_Claudius_Julianus]

​@@masoodjalal1152Algeria ressources were for some part taken by it's victors as it has alwas been. Nevertheless since 1962, Algeria is only capable of blaming France instead of acting for it's future. There is no neo-colonization but there should be because this country is weak and populated by fanatic muslims.

[@latiendamac]

​@@Tusk-rukit is one side because it is one side that committed genocide against the other. It Is one side that stole from the other for years and years

[@Tusk-ruk]

@@latiendamac Genocide ? Words have a meaning. There was a war, which ended when the political support for its continuation wasn't there anymore. It wasn't pretty, as no war ever is, there was torture on one part vs indiscriminate bombing on the other. But that's it. Barbary pirates were never exactly choir boys to begin with you know. No one's an angel.

[@AdityaKaulwar]

Well, no mainstream media channels have ever reported on this Kudos to you for researching and making this video

[@Jenseduca]

Russian did, RT probably too, they must have touched this topic. So you are wrong, it should be "no western mainstream media reported on this"

[@gabrielbrust]

I just needed to Google “france russia africa” to find articles about it in literally every big media outlet, as Le Monde, BBC and CNN. But then your conspiracy theory suddenly doesn’t sound so amazing, right?

[@brandonjohnson7685]

Is anything Russia says mainstream though? They're famously liars so it's hard to believe anything they say without supporting scholarship independent of Moscow.

[@Neffins]

@@gabrielbrusthow dare you disturb their echo chamber?

[@hessen5498]

​@@gabrielbrust Probably Not what He meant tbh. No Media is actively pushing this to Western Consumers. As someone living in the West, Its very easy to notice. But i know someone will Just say that I'm deluded and don't watch the News.

[@TopHistoryFactsDaily]

great content as always mate!

[@TheEPICGAMINGS]

You should clarify that a lot of the military operations are done by the french foreign legion considering if they use the actual french military and some casualties happens the people back home wont like that and might cause a big issue in france itself

[@dragon_nammi]

Huh you know as an American I knew some things but thinking back on it, high school world history didn't really elaborate on the colonial situation. It really is like that Bill Wurtz video. "Let's have some independence!... Now you can't tell WHO'S getting pillaged"

[@bleedingdog]

The quality of these videos is f-cn incredible. It's like what TV aspired for but have never quite reached.

[@stevemcauliffe1887]

TV never inspired to inform, but it's purpose is to keep us locked into our own nation's self-justifying narratives. The news channels keep us ill-informed and mis-informed. This is their purpose. They are state propaganda outlets, nothing more.

[@jpb2366]

its still quite biais

[@carlruppert7324]

​@@jpb2366in what way?

[@Ruddline]

To be honest, I think this is too boring for TV. Its basically just endless facts and figures. I think you could tell this story in a more fun way but also the intelligence would plummet too. KZbin is better than TV for this reason.

[@MadNero78]

​​@@carlruppert7324-Sources: trust me bro -Biased reading of historical events (Guinea, Barkhane or Algeria) -Some data or stuff flat out wrong -No coherent thread, just throwing everything at the wall and see what sticks

[@kevinpritchard3592]

Excellent video

[@leviosadream2454]

Great video ! An add-on commentary is that Françafrique does not translate as French Africa, but as FranceAfrica (i.e. although it is used to highlight the neocolonialism from France in Africa, it does not hint as this part being French nor belonging to it).

[@parth1257]

I can't believe you uploaded second video in a week. Big fan real life lore.

[@KolBamekil]

Big fan, real life lore, hehehe i get it

[@zornu]

a lot is happening

[@parth1257]

@@KolBamekil 🤣

[@scintillam_dei]

They have obvious prejudice against Russia.

[@Junior-vt9ly]

WW3 teasers looking fire rn

[@mr.andrew7820]

Have you seen the leaked videos?the new technologies are even more advanced then WW2,but the Cold War spin off was my favorite

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

I want Omar Bongo to be there, please.

[@flipcool2117]

​@@mr.andrew7820where?

[@kontankarite]

It is already happening. I would not doubt that state powers are agreeing to not call the whole situation what it is in order to keep masses from panicking. Much of the west aint got that kind od dog in them. Hell, many of them are just looking for an excuse to take their frustrations out on their own leaders.

[@jonathanodude6660]

teasers? this is the new african front warming up. the european front and the middle eastern fronts are hot wars and the asia-pacific front is still cold.

[@paulmakinson1965]

You can find books in france about this subject. I had read a book about the "Francafrique" and its architect Jacques Foccart. There is also a reference to the "barbouzes", mercenaries doing dirty work for France in Africa. One of the most colorful "barbouzes" was Bob Denard, who went on to stage a failed coup in the Comores. A friend of mine who worked on french oil rigs in Africa also told me that it was full of French, Russian and South African mercenaries who would sell their services to the different warlords, rebels, african governments and oil companies. Being part of the same guild, they all knew each other and if they were working for opposing parties, would simulate pre planned firefights with no casualties. An acquaintance who was in the French Foreign Legion in the 1980's told me his job was mainly to protect the interests of Elf, Total and Fina in Africa. He was very disappointed as he was very patriotic and didn't want to babysit private interests.

[@djpete2009]

Subscribed!

[@thatJackBidenTalksAbout]

"France's secret empire" Vietnam: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@dustinandrews3223]

no one remebers that....

[@scarymonster5541]

Vietnam humiliated france

[@Agoateeman]

@@scarymonster5541 And the United States.

[@ArtBear88]

and Imperial Japan, Khmer Rouge @@Agoateeman

[@simonrichoz224]

And usa, and china@@scarymonster5541

[@Naedrelian]

Learning more about the Françafrique system is really interesting. Many of my French students know what the CFA frank is, and to a certain extent, know that it is exploitative, but talking about it with them with the benefit of more information and context will be really useful! Thanks a lot.

[@omnianti0]

just your ç is revelant of your evil mind

[@MN-vz8qm]

This channel is pushing BS. Just like most people understanding of the CFA.

[@nursejoeyluc]

So cool this will actually be seen in a class.

[@MN-vz8qm]

@@nursejoeyluc this teacher should be fired if he grabs a youtube video, clearly oriented, as education.

[@mrcead]

​@MN-vz8qm the teacher can just interview a migrant in class about first hand experience with the CFA franc

[@Michael.Freeman]

Thank you

[@TheRealAsobuw]

happy to live to the day to hear that

[@berndhofmann752]

A very good report I lived in French West Africa. But today there is much more resistance to this System!

[@addygreen8919]

I doubt that a lot of this resistance will bring them much good. Of cause France does not always play fair. But the major problem was not France, but bad leadership, a lack of patriotism, to much Islamism and no vision for economic opportunities. The CFA Franc allows for easy trade with the Euro zone, mining rights can be renegotiated (if needed) and foreign soldiers can boost the economy in a region (some regions in Germany are still benefiting from American soldiers who are stationed there).

[@morpheus24]

@@addygreen8919 Currency pegs remove the ability to manage monetary policy or encourage independent banks. National administration has no capacity at all to authoritatively set spending policy within the country.

[@grantyanagi2153]

Damn, two realifelore video in three days. He is rewarding us.

[@streetsarecold]

one video about russia taking an L, other video about russia taking W

[@nasseribnamr9043]

balanced as all things should be​@@streetsarecold

[@stellviahohenheim]

If you think ww3 is a reward

[@Dyinchugnan969]

@@streetsarecoldjust russias navy. War always evolves and maybe the era of slow floating behemoths is ending due to long range missiles

[@ITH56]

@reallifelore at 17:45, If the french currency is undervalued, and it is used to buy uranium that is overvalued, that means the French are overpaying for the uranium. If you are stating that the French are underpaying for raw materials, how?

[@diegorivera6763]

This video is pure gold

[@ricky_pigeon]

Take a drink every time he says Coup

[@WeepinggodhasYouraddress]

you will be drunk

[@NoName-semi-censored]

Took a rip every time he said bongo

[@haydenf1353]

Or “in the world”.

[@yassinvnoord]

Instructions unclear i woke up naked in the hospital

[@jeffreyatlee8785]

Send *cartoon hiccup* help

[@amazakee]

Please, give some sources to backup what you say. This is interesting but like many info-tainment videos there's always an aftertaste when thinking about how much is complete/true and how much had to be left out or bent in order to match the narrative (regardless of how accurate the narrative is). Videos like this making millions of views have a huge responsibility which I feel is not considered enough during the creation/publication process.

[@MuantanamoMobile]

IMF has resources on this, so does the Gravel Institute. You can just google it,

[@realhuman2545]

They do not care about their responsibility. People will eat anything up that is presented professionally on the internet.

[@alleeadl289]

i am algerian i can confirm that all what's in the video is correct 100% all of these are known fact's for us because african people and arabs are interested in global politics more than you can imagine it's a normal daily conversation topic everywhere, also you can google every information he added in the video he shared only the big news titles there is much more details like he gave just the main principle headlines

[@latiendamac]

Imperialist feelings hurt 🤕

[@masoodjalal1152]

Feels like truth hurt you

[@igorradovic6530]

Hvala!

[@CultureCrossed64]

People don't believe me when I say that France and the UK caused half of the geopolitical problems that we see today.

[@jotaro2690]

And the CIA

[@CultureCrossed64]

@@jotaro2690 and the KGB. The CIA didn't do anything the KGB didn't do, so the only reason to bring them up alone is to divert blame 🤷‍♂️

[@jotaro2690]

@@CultureCrossed64 the CIA did more damage and still

[@jonathanaliff6121]

The US has been fighting the colonial fires left behind by Britain and France since the 40s

[@jotaro2690]

@@jonathanaliff6121 no the us tried to replace them with the help of france and the british

[@bimblinghill]

Well that was pretty eye-opening. Great work.