The truth can be difficult to uncover when propaganda is overflowing
Many consider climate-change irrelevant as they believe it may only happen in 100 years if at all.
This approach must be understood within our historic and current political context. Centuries ago whites shipped and traded blacks like property. There was an economic need and nobody cared about the long-term results. Today America has huge problems with racism and many issues that was avoidable had whites simply left blacks in Africa and picked their own cotton etc.
Also, the white abuse of Africa’s resources and people via colonialism and imperialism left long-term injury on the African landscape and mind. Many wars was avoidable and communism and Russian influence could have been avoided had white’s not been so racist and cruel. Africa turned to Russia and now China because of white racism and cruelty that was inflicted on Africans for centuries.
Returning to climate change.
The war in Ukraine is political, economic and about ego but not environmental.
Since economics, politics and ego overrides reason and logic, Africa must suffer as Europeans takes coal supplies meant for Africans to Europe. The Ukraine war had little to do with Africa, yet we suffer load-shedding. Russia needed to be punished and South African coal replaced Russian gas and oil.
Similar issues happened in the Muslim world when the USA economy was ruined by thieves disguised as bankers and politicians. The USA and its allies, after the 911 attacks on New York blamed the entire nations of Iraq and Afghanistan and occupied both for decades. This gave chance to steal resources like gold, oil, gas etc. Yes, the US-led attacks on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and so many other Muslim and African nations are large scale theft.
Like South Africa, the USA, Britain and many European and other nations are in reality abused by crime syndicates disguised as politicians. This is why deceitful criminals in political leadership of Europe, Britain and America lecture ordinary Africans on the dangers of coal power but operate their own coal stations with cheap imported coal from South Africa.
Where does climate change and environment fit into the debate around Ukraine when we are dealing with crime syndicates governing nations, the global economy and go to war whenever.
Example, when Pres. Donald Trump mentioned drilling in Alaska he was branded an environmental criminal. Now Pres. Joe Biden gives the go-ahead, BBC, CNN and the global media goes quiet.
The racist hypocrisy and deceit from the USA, Britain and Europe is impossible to ignore.
Cllr Yagyah Adams
Cape Muslim Congress