Re: The silent war on Africa

On Jul 9, 5:23=A0am, Steve Hayes <hayesm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Thus destroying local autarky
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I've been wondering a bit about this comment. I understand your point,
of course, but usually people describe something as an autarky when
the situation is voluntary. North Korea has established itself as
close to one, Albania did after Hoexa threw out both the Russians and
the Chinese - after first refusing to talk to anybody else. Japan's
long period of isolation was deliberate too. The indigenous people of
Africa didn't know that there was any other option, so I don't think
that autarky is really an apt word for their condition before they
encountered foreigners from Europe and Arabia.