France’s Economy Begins to Collapse
Exploitation Finally Meets Reality
France’s Economy Begins to Collapse
Exploitation Finally Meets Reality
France has clung onto its empire in Africa like a parasitic tick, no longer flying the colonial flag overtly, but maintaining control through a neat little system called Françafrique.
African troops under French command, African gold filling French vaults, and African currencies directly pegged to Paris.
Paris called it “partnership” rather than exploitation or domination.
In the last three years that has changed, the entire house of cards has started collapsing. Since 2022, one after another, France’s “former” colonies have decided they’re done playing ball with France. Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Senegal, and most recently Ivory Coast have all expelled French troops and begun cutting all ties.
They’re tearing down the very structure that France used to keep them in line for over half a century, and to keep itself afloat.