Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Eight coups in West and Central Africa since 2020 | DW News" video.

You should save your rejoicing for when we see people power in Africa. So far, it's just military power.
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@Ali-hu8jr An African Spring would mean widespread anti-government protests and popular uprisings. So far, we've just seen a bunch of soldiers seize power, more or less out of the blue, like they always do in Africa. You're flattering yourselves.
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@chomasensi You must think it's an either/or situation. Either a monarchy or a military dictatorship.
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@chomasensi You must be talking about an African context. Do you have any reliable indication that the coup leaders enjoy popularity beyond the usual gaggle of excitable fanboys and fangirls, who habitually go bonkers whenever there's a coup, no matter who's behind it?
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@AfricanMaverick I warned you against unduly flattering yourselves. You had no clue about the coup d'état. Do the anti-government protests first, and then we'll believe you that there's more at stake than just another opportunistic power grab. You're not Gabonese, are you? So you're just as much foreigner as I am.
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@polyverse1 Russia, a superpower? It barely makes the grade as a regional power. With its economy in shambles, Russia can only suck Africa dry. There won't be any investment. China, on the other hand, will gladly invest, but only to suck Africa even drier. I've seen the Chinese operate in East Africa with my very own eyes. Where we employed locals in road construction, they brought in their own. We considered it development aid, the Chinese provided loans. We even fed their workers at times, till their Chinese bosses put a stop to it. Vast tracts of their roads washed away, leaving the East Africans only with loans to repay.
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@Serge-cm5my You're being a bit fanciful there. Singaporeans openly attribute the birth of their nation to Sir Stamford Raffles establishing a trading post there. The vast majority of the population, who're ethnic Chinese, had their ancestors flock there during colonial times. Even with the staggering economic progress that they've witnessed post-independence, many elderly Singaporeans remember British rule fondly.
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