The EU funded political repression in Senegal
By funding a police force used to attack protestors
Hi, I had a banana and a ginger snap for breakfast. Now that’s what I call a balanced diet. Today I’m sharing my feelings about an EU funded police force being used to repress protests in Senegal. Onto the news…
News that made me guess what rich people eat for breakfast
An investigation by Al Jazeera revealed that the EU helped the Senegalese government repress pro-democracy protests. Of course they did. One thing we know is colonizers are going to colonize. That’s why they are called colonizers. To be specific, an “EU trained Senegalese Police unit” using EU funded military equipment attacked protestors. Why would the EU be funding a Senegalese Police unit one might ask? It’s the same reason why I spent a lot of my income on marijuana. Getting high brought me joy. Controlling other people’s homes brings Europe joy because Europe wouldn’t have anything without stealing other people’s things.
Okay, that was a sort of petty answer to a very serious question. I’m just so angry all the time and it’s hard staying sane in a world where people are so dehumanized by the ruling class. To them we are just a bunch of pawns they use to fund their ridiculous lifestyles. Seriously, we are all suffering so some rich dude can snort gold for breakfast. I don’t know what wealthy people do, but I think snorting gold would be one of them.
Nonetheless, let’s get back to the topic at hand.
The purpose of the EU funded specialized police in Senegal was supposedly to secure the Mali-Senegalese border from “incursions by armed groups and cross-border crimes, including migrant smuggling.” The migrant smuggling is especially important to call out because the funding for this police force is part of a larger project from the EU that seeks to solve the root causes of migration. The EU is giving money to countries in Africa to stop the flow of migration to Europe. Which is just hilarious because Europe is the reason why people are leaving their homes in Africa!
This is the equivalent of someone stealing your coat, then giving you threads from your coat to keep you warm because you keep trying to go to their closet to get a coat. The main solution to ending the migration of Africa to Europe is simply for Europe to stop stealing resources from Africa. However, that’s not an option for Europe because it’s addicted to stolen goods much like Taylor Swift is addicted to CO2 emissions.
If the Senegalese leave Senegal, who will harvest the raw materials that Europe depends on to keep its oppressed masses focused on rampant consumerism? How will Europe continue to claim its supremacy over everyone else when it can no longer access wealth from its colonies? How will the elites be able to snort gold for breakfast?
Ironically, the domestic unrest caused by the autocratic Senegalese government, partially funded by the EU, is driving more Senegalese to leave their country. Meaning the EU’s funding to stop migration from Senegal to Europe is causing people to leave Senegal for Europe. Sometimes I feel like we live in a simulation written by a very dark comedian. Then I have to remind myself that there is no mind dark enough to make up this colonizer-run dystopia.
That’s it for the news, but don’t go yet
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