China is taking over the world by loansharking instead of military force, but they do back it by military force.
Also Africa has taken over $5 TRILLION in food, money, and meds from the Civilized World.
The Marshall Plan--a series of loans that were forgiven and became expensive gifts from America to Europe--rebuilt all of Europe after WWII, for only $13 BILLION--with a B not a T! Why such a bargain, and the other a very EXPENSIVE total Failure To Launch?

Japan got nuked twice, but I've been there, you wouldn't even know it, they rebuilt into a First World powerhouse. No point of Africa has ever felt the "Kiss of the Atom" or whatever euphemism you want to use, so why is it still...that? For that matter, why did they overthrow civilization when it benefited them, and why destroy houses, hospitals, schools, power stations/lines, trains, etc....Then bitch about being homeless and without infrastructure? If you burn your own house down, particularly if built by someone else, you should REALLY not bitch about being homeless!

I would LIKE to be all high-minded and support what China is doing, "At least SOMEONE is using the resources", but I'm not that Noble Stupid. I think Europe should take back their countries rather than China be able to give savages guns and bombs to destroy civilization, then offer to rebuild it if they handover strategic lands and mines. The group that does the work should get the reward?
Something like that.
Plus if the savages ARE our equals, why does Africa ONLY advance when there's a Patron? Either Europe or China, but leave the savages alone, they backslide or use the destruction they already did as an excuse to..invade Europe. Then what? A war to overthrow Europe, but they call it "Liberation Struggle" again, as if they were trying to be free instead of stalking on a global scale?

Equity is not a good thing. I would not want to waste more resources on a criminal achiever at the expense of someone who could drive society forward. Think of taxing Elon Musk harder, so you could allocate even MORE resources to that thug with the rapsheet?
https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/search-warrant-claims-andrew-brown-jr-was-dealing-drugs-from-his-house/

That's what equity is. Take from the best and give to the worst. The opposite of meritocracy, possibly a particularly nasty strain of Communism?
Even equality is not a good thing, it's an illusion. If I asserted I am an EQUAL swimmer to Michael Phelps, allegedly the most decorated Olympian ever, I would be clinically insane, right? Plus, think how boring sporting events would be if people were equal.
Some are intellects, some are strong, some are just criminals. Even if the latter are intellects or strong, they must be stopped. But until Welfare-type programs flipped the script, everyone wanted to be the very best, like the intro to Pokemon a couple decades ago.
If you could...tailor?...education, you could optimize each person's strengths, like that Fief Manga. Rather than berate some weakling who couldn't climb a tree, encourage his strategic and business acumen. Run a chain of stores.

Guide the fast ones to track&field, the strong ones to weightlifting. Find some way for each person's gifts to benefit society, even if only in international sporting competitions like the Olympics.

And you're right about punishing the heroes. That's why I said we don't have anarchy yet. In an anarchy, it would be a contest of heroes and villains with innocents trapped in the middle--often covertly helping one side or the other, so they're not so innocent!

As to South Africa, what do you find wrong with Apartheid? Do you immediately give guests the run of your house and while you're at it, a copy of your keys? Or do you limit them to some part of your house? Especially guests with a long rapsheet. Might want to keep them away from your kids and any low-bulk high-value items. What the savages did--and are still doing--when Apartheid was ended (Like the murder of over TWO MILLION of their hosts, and turning South Africa into Rape Capital OF THE WORLD, hardly a Title nations intentionally compete for!) should prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Apartheid was indeed necessary. But like you said, equality--and now EQUITY--are hyped beyond sliced bread, so Apartheid MUST be bad, even if it kept South Africa SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE!

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-08-22-teen-went-to-steal-avocados-but-raped-and-killed-95-year-old-instead/
Imagine things like this being prevented by keeping savages away from the South Africans! This is very much a preventable death!

Please also remember the savages' loudest "complaint" in South Africa is that 90% of the property was in 10% of the population's hands. THEY FOUNDED THE COUNTRY! They CHOSE to give 10% to the invaders. Could you imagine living alone, letting in 9 homeless criminals, and they initiate a media campaign to take your house from you? You are the minority in your house, only because you were generous enough to let in that many treacherous bastards--I mean hobos. It WAS the South Africans' country. They built it, they turned a desert even the savages avoided into farms and cities the savages wanted to invade and loot. Through hard work of irrigation, rather than some magic or nanotech terraforming powers. There were a handful (Less than 100) Hottentots who gladly assimilated, in exchange for a Better Standard Of Living.
SO the savages waited for the South Africans to have a Good Thing Going, barged in--I mean "fled" their own violence and poverty, demanding a share of their betters' prosperity, then once they outnumbered their hosts, they didn't want a share, they wanted it all. What do you think the odds are of something like that happening to America once Americans are no longer 60% of our own country?
PLUS they couldn't even overthrow civilization without Russian help! They didn't pull AKs and bombs from their asses, Russia gave it to them--and coincidentally, get exclusive mineral rights to mines formerly owned by South Africa. How'd that happen?
That is something that should be punished...But anyone strong enough to punish isn't interested--or profits from it--and the ones who want to punish it, INCLUDING THE SOUTH AFRICAN SURVIVORS, don't have the power!
BTW I like that "South African Political Mafia".

Or we could talk about Rhodesia if you like. Overthrown by Chinese weapons MAGICALLY appearing in violently ungrateful savage hands in exchange for mines, and like South Africa, murdered the farmers and stole the farms, can't grow DIRT on the farms, because REAL farming is harder than a mobile game, and now instead of SELLING food to Europe, they have to DEMAND free food from people who LOOK like the very ones they murdered. That SHOULD take serious balls, but I bet they don't even feel shame for it.

Some of the farmers fled instead of get murdered, and Mugabe offered to LEASE them back their farms. Pay for the TEMPORARY use of their own property, not knowing if they would be murdered too? They were portrayed as SUPER ungrateful for passing up that "deal"!
But CHINA profited, so I guess it's OK?
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2021-06-09-investing-for-the-future-chinas-bankrolling-of-zanus-liberation-struggle-has-paid-off-handsomely/
Look how even this article frames it as a "Liberation Struggle". Why not LEAVE instead of overthrow the country? Noone was keeping them there, slavery was illegal.



Under the savages' control, open-air slave markets have made a mysterious comeback. As has cannibalism. Rape, murder, and theft are through the roof. Right now, the Congo has child slavery and child rape. It's a neverending stream of atrocity that the media doesn't cover, so it must not happen. All because decolonization was suddenly important.