Was carving Africa up like a turkey a bad idea?

>>2727774
No, Inshallah.

Ethically, sure, but from a strategic standpoint no.

It depends on what you mean. Are you trying to bring attention to how it's a shithole now? That's primarily from poor decolonization. Are you trying to bring attention to the savagery and brutality inflicted on the natives by the Europeans? Then yes carving Africa up was a bad idea, but giving a false kingdom like Belgium a piece was the worst of the bad idea.

it was the best interest of the leaving colonizers to leave the them in shambles
an unstable and divided state is easier to deal with
imagine the face of european business if ukulele nwangi says no to bribe money

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>>2727774
Carving up Turkey like an Africa was an even worse idea.

It happened too fast. The gradualist policies of Britain and Portugal were slowly encroaching on african independence without needing to make it into a wholescale slaughter/scramble.

I blame Bismarck & Cecil "muh railroads" Rhodes.