Lauren Chen
@TheLaurenChen · Jan 5, 2026
When Europe went to Africa, to be clear, they were already miles behind most of the world. Some areas didn't have written language or the wheel. You can't blame that on Europe.
Under colonialism, Europeans actually brought Africa a little further ahead than it had been. They
Ibrahim Mahmoud@Every_TechTrend· Jan 5, 2026@TheLaurenChen Europe extracted wealth, left debt traps, & drew borders that guarantee war, yet calls Africa "broken." Starting a race miles behind with shackles on, stumbling isn't incompetence, it’s physics. The miracle isn't that we struggle, it's that despite 400 yrs of theft, we still rise
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Exactly
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