Kagame has effectively orchestrated a total erosion of democratic principles in the Rwandan political system while simultaneously failing to stop an increase in income inequality nationally.
Many Rwandans still have not caught onto this. The government encourages it's citizens to be patient whilst they do not have access to quality education which creates very apparent class differences in the society.
We must contend with a sobering reality: The US may be willing to destroy the world before it surrenders its imperial self-image.
Project 2025 and the rise of christian nationalism is one way this could take form - @followtheleighder on Tiktok talks about this.
From Obama to Biden, and especially under Trump, the US has struggled to manage its decline.
The genocide on Gaza proves that democrats and republicans can no longer pretend to be fundamentally different. They are two sides of the same coin which is authoritarian capitalism.
The dominance of the US has been about not only material power but maintaining a definition of humanity grounded in whiteness.
In Reconsidering Reparations, Philosopher Olufemu O. Taiwo lays out the history of the creation of the global racial empire.
“We are swimming on the aqueducts of history” - Olufemu O. Taiwo
And while a China-led order is far from utopian, it gestures toward a more pluralistic political terrain—where multiple configurations of democracy and capitalism coexist, and no single power dictates the terms of modern
Chinese growth as an industrial capitalist economy is connected to dispossession of land and in many parts of Africa and Latin America - mining, energy . However, China was of the most resistant voices against imperialism, forming core of the non-aligned movement alongside African nations post independence. China is not monolithic and Chinese interests are diverse. Although I am skeptical of China's intentions for those who wish to see the speed of development in Africa, China's investments are the key to for the promise of modernity.