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VicW's avatar

Great piece. I will only argue the bit on "Macron decided to reinvent himself as an environmentalist". In fact he has been a creature of the powerful French global corporations/environmental lobby even before he became president. The environmental scam from the start has been pushed globally by banks and corporations like Veolia and the like, covering electricity production, water supply, sewage systems, etc etc. Africa was big on the agenda. I remember how excited the CEOs/politicians were to have found a way to reinvent the Françafrique (i.e. aid given to African countries to spend on French contractors) in a greenwashed version. This was very much in evidence at and around the Paris climate summit COP 21 in 2015. Macron was the minister of economy of the dimwit president Hollande at the time and obviously deeply invested in all this.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

I read about Ruto's speech at the time, but this was the first time seeing the video. Impressive. I'm going to have to find a copy and upload. Everyone should.

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