So, I'm at work, today, listenning to my podcasts and Democracy Now reports on the attempt by the Congo to become a Democracy. Of course, DN coudn't do that without mentioning the genocide there. However, if you're like me, you are probably like "WHAT genocide in the Congo??"
Apparently, thanks to having an bundance of resources (uranium, diamonds and more), the Congo has been over-run by literal corporate armies that have enslaved and oppressed the peopl of the Cono for years. This has caused massive turmoil in the region and has made a real democracy in the region impossible. Some believe the country's current attempts at forming a democracy will not succeed because there is just too much money in oppression.
Gotta love that unchecked capitalism!
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