Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "The PROBLEM with OVERSEAS FRANCE (the remains of the Empire) - VisualPolitik EN" video.

  1.  @john_doe_not_found  And Singapore was little more than a swamp off the Malaysian peninsula at the time of independence.
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  2. And how a lot of Africa's poorest countries are ex-French colonies.
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  3. Exactly.
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  4.  @ArawnOfAnnwn  <You don't get to drain people dry and then just walk away like it was nothing.> Like what women usually do to men yet men are the ones forced to pay.
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  5.  @hmmkin6729  Only for mainlanders who just moved in with French taxpayer-inflated salaries.
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  6.  @Rob_F8F  Exactly.
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  7.  @hmmkin6729  Only because France pays 80% of its bills.
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  8. No. They don't have the resources or human capital for that.
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  9. <Gdp per capita in Reunion is 25000 euros, poor by french standards yes but about ten times more than africa's gdp...> Thanks to French subsidies. <but there is no way in hell they will choose to... > Because they don't have the means to.
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  10.  @Someone-mf1tz  <We got independance> From Britain, not France.
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  11. The British relinquished all their rights to Hong Kong in 1997.
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  12. Propped up by France.
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  13. Like they did with Louisiana.
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  14.  @SP95  But China recently scrapped its one-child policy as it screwed up its future demographics and might end up like Japan with too many old people to take care of.
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  15. What about Vietnam?
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  16.  @adrien5834  I thought it was the Cayman Islands.
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  17. Ever heard of the late 1950's and early 1960's?
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  18.  @valac7820  Only because of handouts and they don't have the means to survive as independent countries.
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  19. They love those French freebies.
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  20. Except the DRC is a former Belgian, not French, colony.
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  21.  @manovrsb  <while the English leaves you out to dry.> Because independence means independence. You're on your own. <These territories won't survive independence because the services and assistance France gives is hard to afford.> Plus, those territories don't have the resources or industry to support the welfare state they so desire that France provides.
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  22.  @gasp2073  With France accounting for the vast majority of it.
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  23. Only because of France.
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