How could the United States beat China as economic partner in Africa?
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« on: December 20, 2017, 08:48:32 PM »
« edited: December 20, 2017, 10:38:43 PM by UWS »

As we all know, the United States and China are competing in terms of investment in Africa, which are methods that have the purposes of reinforcing their economic partnerships with African countries while China is topping the United States in investment in the African continent, investing notably in the construction of coal factories, infrastructures, schools, etc.

Which measures could the United States take in order to top China in terms of investment in Africa? Which measures could they take in order to convince African countries that America is a better economic partner for Africa than China is?
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2017, 02:05:30 PM »

Hello?
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2017, 08:34:47 PM »

The US isn't trying to seriously compete with China in Africa.
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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2017, 12:22:26 AM »

By utilizing Egypt, South Africa, and Liberia as marking points for an economic strike into Africa.

Of course, this would be imperialism of the worst variety, one engaged in by Belgium, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and, to a lesser extent, Germany. It’s an economic expansion of power over weaker and poorer countries that perpuates a system of global inequality, starvation, and poverty. The Chinese and Russian attempts to economically influence Africa and Central Asia is horrible and should be universally condemned. This is slavery without the appearance of it, and this is as much a crime as the oppression of Chinese Muslims, ethnic Mongolians, Chechens, Tibetans, and Crimean Tartars and the suppression of democracy, the federal/federally-backed corporate dominance of free enterprise and property, and the tyrannical state capitalism espoused by these same countries.

For those who suggest we should ally with Russia and/or China, this is why we morally cannot. Politically, we refuse to because of mutual hostility and the horrendous appearance it would give us. I wish I could say that I am shocked by how everyone casually ignores the immorality of the question posed by this thread, but I am not. History has taught us that as imperialism grows, nations fall. The moment Imperial Germany expressed an interest in colonies was the moment that it endured its own downfall. Not only are colonies, be they officially annexed or client states or “influenced states,” immoral in situations like this, they always lead to a distraction from more immediate concerns - besides bringing us into hostility with other nations needlessly.

TL;DR: Let’s not try.
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