Comments by "ScholaroftheWorld " (@scholaroftheworldalternatehist) on "What if the Scramble for Africa Never Happened?" video.

  1. I feel like Africa's development and colonialism is a touchy subject, so don't be surprised much if you get accusations of racism
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  2. Algeria would probably be better off as part of France, tbh
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  3. Nah, in most of those places the Africans didn't even know white men were "ruling" over them. In the British colonies especially, they used very few administrators and left power largely with the chieftains
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  4. I think Belgian actually getting an enormous swath of central Africa 70x its size was even more of a chad move
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  5. Brother, when I said on my channel that Africans would take longer to develop from tribal societies without European intervention I got downvoted. Wonder what the response will be to your video, it can arouse strong feelings
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  6. I feel like people overlook the fact that Muslims got very rich due to slavery and just put all the blame of white Europeans
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  7. Hm I said the same exact thing when I covered it in my version of this scenario. Ethiopia could control access to the Red Sea and serve as an important chokepoint in world trade and the flow of oil
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  8. Whaddaya think about my channel? Inspired mainly by whatifalthist himself
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  9. Wow I happened to explore the very same concept in one of my videos! Interesting to hear your different take on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgcIngvUen4
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  10.  @abuqadr629  I live in this one, thank you very much. Case in point, look at French Guyana. Much more prosperous as a part of France
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