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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 14 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I think we can all agree on the following.

Fuck Blaise Compaoré.

[–] TIN@feddit.uk 38 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 22 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

In addition, he banned what he considered the luxury of air conditioning in government offices, and homes of politicians.

Yeah that'd make me pissed off too. But assassination is not the first thought that comes to mind. You know, like, Cut power in protest or something.

[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 36 points 9 hours ago

Thank you for this. Didn't know about him. Relevant wikipedia articles are well worth a read.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

PugJesus kinda based today damn did hell freeze over

[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 21 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Pug Jesus is often based imho

They love John Brown for example!

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

!shermanposting@lemmy.world

For any that aren’t already turning Dixie to ash

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What's the name of the book? I'd be interested in learning more about him.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa. No idea if the book is good, but it seemed interesting, so I picked it up and have been waiting for the motivation to devour a new book to come upon me.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

Thanks! I've never heard of Thomas Sankara but I've been thinking a lot lately about who writes history, so finding examples of discrepancies (even through memes) is fun.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago