They won't go to war with them if the west offer them military support in case of attacks. If you were a African dictator would you want to:cpt.fass1 wrote:
The only problem with working on the least corrupt countries is that the more corrupt one's will probably end up going to war with them. Infasturctures in Africa would help alot as far as I know about it, the infasturcture there sucks...Bertster7 wrote:
QFT.Fancy_Pollux wrote:
Also, sending them money will do nothing. It will never go to the people who need it or be spent on anything constructive. There is way too much corruption.
It needs to be sorted out on a country by country basis. Focus on the least corrupt regimes first and get them running relatively smoothly, then invest in the countries. Leave the really messed up ones till last because they'll be harder work. For the really messed up ones send in AU peacekeepers and try to stop some of the bloodshed, but trying to get any real aid to the people is pretty much a waste of time (sad, but true).
Look at Kazakstan for a recent success story. Their resources were raped by the Soviets, now they are becoming a much better state to live in (despite the grim picture painted by Borat). All because of foreign investment in a nation rich with natural resources, like Africa. You can't blame all Africa's problems on colonialism, the vast majority of the problems are made by the Africans themselves.That's what Mugabe says. That's why he kicked them all off their farms and instead of giving them to people who could use them productively he gave them all to his friends who didn't know the first thing about farming, so there was mass starvation. Exactly the type of scenario that typifies Africas problems.cpt.fass1 wrote:
Oh yeah, rich white people are bad..
Oh I'm half kidding about the rich white people.
A) Continue oppressing your own people, getting richer and richer and living in luxury.
B) Invade a country that will be defended by vastly more powerful western states and probably be deposed.
I know that's not the system as it exists, it's just a suggestion. But I can't see many dictators wanting to take on western backed nations. Particularly if the countries involved make clear they will take military action against anyone who tries to mess with the nation they've gone to all the trouble to sort out properly.
One step at a time, from the bottom up. If anyone tries to fuck it up, fuck them up. It's a simple philosophy, it might not work, but then again it might.