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durably465 lemmy.ml durably465@lemmy.ml
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Why not champagne for all?

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Eq0 literature.cafe Eq0@literature.cafe
Joined: 2023-08-01
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Why not champagne for all?

Because of limited resources, that’s unlikely to be possible

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Remember_the_tooth lemmy.world Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-23
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Best I can do is Coca Cola for like 50% of people.

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orc girly lemmy.ml orc_princess@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-09-11
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Best I can do is Coca Cola for like 50% of people.

Lmfao

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Juice midwest.social Juice@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-04-24
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Does anyone know of any legitimate criticisms of Sankara? Or even illegitimate ones that can be disproven? My exposure to him is fairly minimal, but everything ive heard about him is just over the top positive.

I'm not trying to cut down decolonizers either, but often criticisms are reflective of the material obstacles and struggles that a leader or movement faced. I'm sure there are some good histories out there and I would take any recommendations people have. But just given my own nature, ive found I can get into a particular history better by starting with the negative.

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ILikeBoobies lemmy.ca ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-14
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Does anyone know of any legitimate criticisms of Sankara? Or even illegitimate ones that can be disproven? My exposure to him is fairly minimal, but everything ive heard about him is just over the top positive. I'm not trying to cut down decolonizers either, but often criticisms are reflective of the material obstacles and struggles that a leader or movement faced. I'm sure there are some good ...

Religious intolerance?

Religion relies on hierarchies, he opposed hierarchies.

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Cowbee [he/they] lemmy.ml Cowbee@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-12-31
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Does anyone know of any legitimate criticisms of Sankara? Or even illegitimate ones that can be disproven? My exposure to him is fairly minimal, but everything ive heard about him is just over the top positive. I'm not trying to cut down decolonizers either, but often criticisms are reflective of the material obstacles and struggles that a leader or movement faced. I'm sure there are some good ...

Had he survived, he would have had to struggle against counter-revolutionaries, resulting in similar allegations of authoritarianism that other AES leaders that do survive go through.

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ShinkanTrain lemmy.ml ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-06-13
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Religious intolerance? Religion relies on hierarchies, he opposed hierarchies.

He was big into Ubuntu (the philosophy, not the distro) wasn't he? My limited understanding is that it goes hand in hand with liberation theology.

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Dessalines lemmy.ml dessalines@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2019-04-17
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Best I can do is Coca Cola for like 50% of people.

Thesis: Water

Antithesis: Champagne

Synthesis:

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socsa piefed.social socsa@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-08-20
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Because of limited resources, that’s unlikely to be possible

Ok, then I suppose they can have cake instead.

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prime_number_314159 lemmy.world prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-19
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Does anyone know of any legitimate criticisms of Sankara? Or even illegitimate ones that can be disproven? My exposure to him is fairly minimal, but everything ive heard about him is just over the top positive. I'm not trying to cut down decolonizers either, but often criticisms are reflective of the material obstacles and struggles that a leader or movement faced. I'm sure there are some good ...

He (and his government) were accused of arresting political opponents, putting political opponents through show trials, requiring people to prove their innocence when on trial, not allowing defendants to be represented by counsel, and of issuing summary punishments to some groups of protestors.

In a brief search, I could confirm arresting political opponents (not speaking to whether there was cause), and denying defendants a lawyer (not illegal in Burkina Faso, just "against international standards").

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HiddenLayer555 lemmy.ml HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-09-13
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Why not champagne for all?

Cirrhosis for all

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