[This account was taken down by their PDS (Bluesky PBC)]- Are you a bot? Siad Barre's government got really totalitarian in the late 80s leading to a civil war that started in 1991 and is still going. They don't have a functional government and haven't for a long time.Mar 19, 2025 17:42
- This user blocks the author of the focused post.It's almost like you are leaving colonialism and imperialism out of the equation for these results.
- This user is blocked by the person they're replying to.The assertion was that "somali pirates" are really just preventing illegal fishing and dumping. There was illegal fishing and dumping. There was an appropriate grass-roots response to that. They are also doing regular old piracy. How we got here isn't part of the definition of where we are.
- This user blocks the author of the focused post.Yes, things happen magically and spontaneously and not due to historical processes. Thanks for your great insight.
