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Originally Posted by spuzzum
I would love an ideal and Utopian society - everyone treated equally, fairly, no hunger, famine, poverty, wars.... The unfortunate truth is that the world is a depressing, scary, and power hungry place. We all need to consider ourselves extremely lucky living in Canada compared to say Syria, Iraq, North Korea. There are endless places like this.
When was the last time Zimbabwe was mentioned in mainstream media or news? The place has been a basket case for two decades and it seems the west has completely forgotten the place exists.
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Too broad of a stroke to say "the west", European news agencies have lots of Africa coverage. North American media outlets don't have much coverage, as they have way less colonial ties to Africa.