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Why Re-Colonization? Future Orientation – Western Politics

"At independence, 50 years ago, optimism for the tropics was high. No one could have dreamed that half a century later, a massive movement for re-colonization would be afoot–led not by Africa’s leaders but by her masses."

"Globally, tropical peoples are trying to migrate to lands run by temperate peoples."

"Like a baby trying to crawl back into the womb, the formerly colonized are coming back to their old foreign masters and begging (or demanding) to be ruled by them again."

"One year of African boat people = a city the size of Venice. Can Europe absorb them all?"

"Today we shall focus on the former: Future orientation. We argue that the shortage of this trait in warmer climes has prevented these societies from developing the way they wish to. This is why, two generations after independence, millions are voting with their feet to place themselves back under Euro rule.

We also argue these traits follow tropical peoples long-term, which is why North America’s centuries-old African population has never assimilated. This too, we shall show, should be a cautionary tale for European deciders on immigration."

"Future orientation, also referred to as low time preference, low time discounting,
or delayed gratification, is simply the ability to plan ahead and delay present gratification for future rewards."

"The improvidence of tropical peoples, especially Africans, has been remarked upon since their first contact with Europeans"

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