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[–] TIN@feddit.uk 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 31 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 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 41 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 16 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I think we can all agree on the following.

Fuck Blaise Compaoré.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 15 points 1 day 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.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PugJesus kinda based today damn did hell freeze over

[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 28 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Pug Jesus is often based imho

They love John Brown for example!

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

!shermanposting@lemmy.world

For any that aren’t already turning Dixie to ash

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago