I’m not anti democracy I just think a version of this ideals already showed up in that society with Sankara and he got murdered. I think the forces of democracy actually end up backfiring and the victims become anti democratic given the violent way they’re “democratized” also France has taken advantage of Burkina Faso for so many years by imposing the euro to their economy at fixed rates, and robbing their gold. At this point, they have tried the western ways, and the only thing that’s truly stupid is trying something twice that you know doesn’t work for you.

The guardian is a Western source allied with France view of the world. To truly understand what he said we’d need to be living in a context where western ideals aren’t a given. The history of this country is just suffering no matter what. He may be worse than the colonist but it’s their right to govern themselves as they see fit. Democracy can also bring you fascists who have no care for the population as we are all experiencing.