Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "TLDR News Global" channel.

  1. As a Nigerian, I agree that France deserves harsh criticism am for their terrible diplomacy in Africa but I also refuse to support the overthrowing of democracies for military dictatorships because that has never worked for us in Africa. And worse, actually inviting groups like Russian mercenaries is even worse than anything.
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  2. Democracy is not perfect but it is infinitely better thwn any other sociopolitical system. Military dictatorship and authoritarianism rarely lead to anything good for society. As a Nigerian, i will maintain this stance forever
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  3. We are truly living in interesting times of political swings and socioeconomic changes.
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  4. In Nigeria, our government policy towards Israel and this war is that we recognize and support Israel, as we have a good history of trade and diplomacy with them. We also have diplomacy with some elements of Palestinians but nothing else. Our government has also condemned the violent actions of both Israel and Hamas and wants de-escalation but we are also not involving ourselves in their war. Even among our citizens (Muslims and Christians), most of us are largely indifferent because we have our own issues to deal with here.
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  5. As a Nigerian, thanks for making this video. You covered the points objectively. It is surprising to me how many westerners and even some Africans actually think we in west Africa support this coup. We are appalled by it and we know how it will lead to insecurity and increased social and economic problems for us.
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  6.  @TheKofinyarko  so because of French meddling, you support removing democracy for military dictatorship by corrupt opportunistic thugs and murderous Russian mercenaries? You support economic hardship and insecurity that has led to many Nigeriens suffering and that will affect our own country? Are you okay, my guy?
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  7. Respect to you for being objective and factual. Plus, kudos for not attacking capitalism blindly and correctly criticising the corrupt Chaebols (corporations)
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  8.  @ngutumpuennutu2836  if you think this kind of "revolution" is good for Africa, you either don't live in Africa or are some privileged person here too far removed from reality. How has any of this ked to better lives for African citizens?! Look at African countries like Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, Morocco, and other democracies here without military coups or authoritarianism. I dare you to say they are not better for Africans.
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  9. There are a lot of people (some of them Africans and others not) cheering and calling for more of these coups, despite the long history of coups and military dictatorships ruining Africa. Genuinely sad. Those of us in more stable African countries should be genuinely grateful and do all we can to preserve our stability.
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  10. No wonder South Sudan fought for years to be free from those genocidal Arabs. Arabic colonialism in Africa is one of the worst things to have ever happened.
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  11. Daily reminder that Arab colonialism never dis anything good for Africa. All it ever led to is instability and death for us black Africans.
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  12. Can't blame Egypt for this. Look at what happened to Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and others after they took in Palestinians! Their countries almost fell due to civil strife and terrorism.
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  13. @@28gire Exceptions to rules don't negate rules. Did it work in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Libya, Nigeria, etc?! (we literally had several decades of military rule that almost destroyed our country!) It doesn't work in Africa.
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  14. Lula is the furthest thing from a socialist. Oh, he identifies as a leftist for politics but his actual policies are anything but socialist. DUring his previous presidency, he liberalized the Brazilian economy, cut taxes for businesses and banks, made several trade deals that made Brazilian exports cheap and very lucrative, and he attracted foreign investment to Brazil. Lula is not stupid like most South American politicians. He may identify as a leftist to sway the largely political and culturally left-leaning Brazilian urban populous, but he is not willing to destroy his country's economy with actual socialist policies.
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  15. Typical story here in much of Africa 😢 i don't blame the West. This mess is largely our own fault
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  16.  @kensuz  democracy is not perfect but it is far FAR better than anything else. Please tell me how coups and military rule and corruption have worked for us in Africa 😕
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  17. As a Nigerian, i hope the good people of Niger are safe but i also know this is going to kead to more islamist insecurity for my country.
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  18.  @hoze1235  Amen, friend. Lord knows in my country, Nigeria, we don't need that happening to us, especially given how several of our neighbor countries to the north all had coups and islamic terrorism.
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  19.  @kensuz  easy answer: Look at Botswana and Zimbabwe next to each other. One has had democracy since their independence and good socioeconomic systems like capitalism while the other has been under dictatorship of a now dead madman who ruined their society, economy and killed his own people. One also has less resources and land but is more prosperous than the other. Do you see the difference?
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  20. Not for long and they know this😂😂 Not to mention, they have no manufacturing. Use mostly foreign slave labor, have very low taxation, barely involve their population in the economic sectors (besides "working" for the government) They do have a lot of money and a lot of socioeconomic problems😂
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  21. I really hope this violence ends as I have some Sudanese friends in Nigeria here. Also, I am beginning to see why South Sudan wanted to split and form their own country.
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  22. Normal day in Middle East. Pakistan supported trrorists and now are shocked by this😂
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  23. I gotta gove you guys at TL;DR props for being objective and balanced. So many western and other regional media types on YouTube tw d to be biawed and ideologically captured buy you guys are one of the exceptions.
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  24.  @ulrickemichaelcaron5001  Seretse Khama was better than Sankara. Sankara had good intentions but terrible implementation. H could have gone the democratic route but wen for military dictatorship and this undermined his plans. He literally lost his life to one of his friends and ruined a chance for his country to ha e stability and democracy by setting that terrible precedent.
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  25. Yeah, that is the point. Ethnic and geographic make-up of a country is often a mess in real life.
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  26. @@28gire Friend, the only downside about Gadaffi's death is that he was keeping far worse people and islamists from taking power when he was alive but even if NATO and the west didn't interfere, his country would have still fallen apart because of teh Arab Spring and the repression he practiced.
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  27.  @ubaka1979  If western democracy systems are bad for Africa, then how are countries like Kenya, Ghana, Botswana, Nigeria, Namibia and others doing so well compared to undemocratic ones like Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Libya etc? Please, don't let emotional hotheadedness make you think foolishly. Democracy is a blessing to Africa and has led to many improvements here.
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  28.  @sallynis5449  Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Seychelles, etc. Are you okay, friend? Is your mind okay?
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  29.  @TheKofinyarko  because that is how democracy works. Even after an election, aggrieved parties can complain and meeting court. That is democracy. Also, I didn't vote for Tinubu but I still accept his victory because I believe in democracy. Democracy doesn't mean your side always wins and that is just facts.
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  30.  @gekolizzard  have you ever been to Botswana, Namibia, Morocco, Kenya and several others? Stable and African are not mutually exclusive as you wrongly think
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  31. Funny you dunk on democracy yet capitalism, another western invention, is largely why your country has been doing so well economically😂😂
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  32.  @ugwuanyicollins6136  Libay under Gaddafi didn't have a high standard of living than USA; even you don't believe that. The only good thing about Gaddafi was that he kept worse islamists in his country in check. He was not a good leader and the civil war in Libya would have happened even if NATO and France did not get involved.
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  33.  @tieanddye  SO basically, they are changing from French overlords to Russian and Chinese overlords? How do you think that will benefit them? You think the rules will change? Look at Sri Lanka and tell me how their alliance with China and Russia benefitted them. The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend. Better to play a game that leads to success (even if slow) than to chose a path of failure and suffering. Abolishing democracy and not working with teh more liberal west is not going to work out for these countries.
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  34. Sad state of things here in much of Africa😢 i hope the average civilians will be fine. Funny enough, the Pan-Africanists noise makers here are not even speaking out about this😕 I guess when they can't blame the west for our problems they just go silent. The hypocrites!
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  35. Let's see these people blame the west for this😅
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  36. Here in Nigeria, our president, uppn his election, made some drastic economic reforms like ending our fuel subsidies and currency subsidies. No other politicians were willing to do this and it caused .assive backlash and increased costs but it was very necessary since we were spending too much Honestly, i see the reason behind Trump's tariffs plans. They are partly an economic bargaining chip and also a long-term plan to remodel the economy that will lead to temporary hardship but long-term improvement. As a Nigerian,
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  37.  @rizkyadiyanto7922  yeah, I suppose. Global News tends to not cover much of the stuff going on
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  38.  @prettyme3150  very good, actually. Democracy countries like Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Botswana and Namibia etc, have better economic and social standards and security and national unity compared to the others.
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  39.  @gbone7581  oh, it has. Our federal government has unilaterally condemned Hamas for what they did, along with condemning Israel's heavy handedness. But we are also not opposing Israel's treatment of Hamas given our own situation with Boko Haram. We understand why they are not taking Hamas lightly.
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  40. ​ @raisofahri5797  That is a sad and simple answer: France was not teh best in terms of colonialism. Compared to the British who tended to impart things on their colonies like capitalism, democracy, constitutionalism and civic nationalism (not to mention they actually built infrastructure), France was focused more on resource extraction and so when colonialism ended, their former colonies were less able to function as more unified or economically strong states and this led to resentment and hardships for these countries compared to former British colonies like Nigeria, Botswana and Kenya and even Somaliland. Also, the terrible diplomacy of France towards its former colonies is also to blame. While the British still trade with their former colonies, it is done on a more fair and beneficial way. That being said, choosing military dictatorships rather than developing their democracies is not a good alternative for these former French colonies. Senegal was a former French colony and instead of giving up on democracy, they just worked with other countries, maintained capitalism, got better diplomatic deals, even with France, and are doing well compared to some others.
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  41. I would suggest that Israel first cripple Hamas. then, they try to assimilate the Palestinians (at least the peaceful or non-violent ones). Offer them better economic incentives and better political representation and probably open a track towards Israeli citizenship. There are already over a million Arab Muslims who live in Israel as citizens and have the same rights, privileges and protections as Jews. They even serve in Israel's military and courts and parliament. It sounds like a long shot but it can work. it worked for teh Americans during their wars with the Native American tribes.
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  42.  @MrTaminomimo  I used to, believe me. Bu after seeing how many of these sahel countries are just terrible at managing their own security and borders (my own country literally spends millions just to secure the borders of Niger, Mali etc!) I am not just going to blame France anymore. The sahel countries clearly have a part in the problem.
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  43. As a Nigerian, I agree 100%. Also, God bless you for making this comment. So many people online and here in Africa are actually supporting these coups out of emotional rhetoric. Yes, France and some western groups deserve criticism but foolishly thinking that China or Russia will be good allies to Africa is dangerous. They will do far worse to us here.
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  44.  @robertdlucas7418  Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Mauritius, Seychelles etc. What exactly do you actually know about Africa that you don't realize we actually have many functioning countries here because of democracy?
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  45.  @mouhalo  It has worked very well. If western democracy systems are bad for Africa, then how are countries like Kenya, Ghana, Botswana, Nigeria, Namibia, even Somaliland and others doing well compared to undemocratic ones like Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Libya etc? Please, don't let emotional hotheadedness make you think foolishly. Democracy is a blessing to Africa and has led to many improvements here.
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  46.  @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana I can see your good intentions but this rhetoric is not what Africa needs and it just encourages radicalism and instability. Also, from r all the issues the west has, the best countries in Africa are the ones that embrace the good socioeconomic and political systems from the west.
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  47.  @Grazingoat  friend, I am African (Nigerian) and I can honestly say your explanation is very simplified and not exactly a well founded one. There is some truth in what you assert but not all of it.
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  48.  @jtgd  and yet the two primary Abrahamic faiths have done more to build the modern world than any other religion😕
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  49.  @toms5996  Honestly, Africa and Europe shouldn't decouple but should actually maintain diplomatic and economic ties. Yes, some European countries like France have negative history but for the most part, Europe's ties to Africa have been more of a net positive for us here. Heck! One major reason slavery (that existed here long before whites came) is because the British worked hard to abolish it while some African tribes and even Arabs wanted to continue it. The models of government and economics we use in many of the best countries here are based on European style e.g. Capitalism and democracy and civic nationalism have worked wonders for us here and improved our economies and nations. What we need is more diplomacy and better trading because no developing country has ever improved without trade and diplomacy with other nations. Plus, you Europeans are far better to deal with compared to authoritarian or regressive countries like Russia, China, or the middle east ones.
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  50.  @jerryterwase9027  you are correct friend. We also understand this since our country tends to be the first victim of insecurity whenever countries like Niger become unstable and we have been dealing with it for decades. I am confident we will do our part to end the problem. During the Sierra Leone and Liberia crisis, our military was one of the few that stepped in and made a massive difference to end the insecurity.
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