Chapter 1591 American Master
Dakhla is already part of the North Atlantic Ocean, and most importantly, it is located on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, which is close to Europe and less than 2,000 kilometers away from the Strait of Gibraltar.
Although East Africa also has a military base in Venezuela, which is also within the North Atlantic region, the role it can play may not be comparable to that of Dakhla.
East Africa can consolidate its interests in Europe through Dakhla. More importantly, it can pave the way for East Africa's future expansion in Europe and seize the initiative. Europe is a profitable region.
In the western North Atlantic, the situation is completely different. Compared with Europe, North American countries have too little room for maneuver. The United States, Canada, and Mexico can basically represent the entire North America. The strong national strength of the United States is also enough to maintain the overall stability of North America.
In other words, North America is completely dominated by the United States, which is the overlord of North America. Unlike Europe, where there are many powerful countries, East Africa can take advantage of every opportunity to sow discord and form alliances.
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As East Africa publicly announced its occupation of Dakhla, East African warships and various ships on the west coast of Africa became more active. A large amount of construction materials, supplies and workers were continuously transported to Dakhla under the escort of East African warships.
At the same time, the United States is also stepping up its investment and construction in Liberia. Some American merchant ships and warships will also arrive in Liberia from Cape Verde, which means that ships from East Africa and the United States in the Atlantic Ocean will frequently cross the Liberian waters.
Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
Monrovia has been the capital of Liberia since 1847, when Liberia gained independence from Portugal with the help of the United States.
However, as the "eldest son" cultivated by the United States in Africa and a rare black independent sovereign state in Africa, the development of Liberia as a whole can be described as very backward. Even its capital, Monrovia, has no highlights. It can be said that among the backward countries, Liberia is among the most backward.
Even as late as 1935, Liberia was still a thoroughly backward agricultural country.
You should know that this country was founded decades earlier than East Africa. Counting from 1847, Liberia's history is only more than 20 years short of becoming a century-old "ancient country".
But this is easy to understand. As an American-style democratic country, Liberia was still engaged in the slave trade until 1930, which is extremely rare in the world.
Before 1930, Liberian government officials often colluded with foreign plantation owners to export their citizens, mainly from inland indigenous tribes, as indentured laborers to the Spanish colony of Fernando Po, now Spanish Guinea, and surrounding French colonial plantations.
In actual work, these laborers suffered inhumane treatment comparable to slavery, including kidnapping, deception, cruel corporal punishment and extremely high mortality rates.
Like the United States, Liberia has a serious problem of racial oppression. The American-Liberian blacks from the United States regard themselves as superior to others and they cruelly exploit and rule the native Africans in the interior.
This even caused an international scandal in 1930, but the Americans suppressed it at the time.
The attention that Americans pay to Liberia undoubtedly sends a signal that the American-Liberian blacks who have had enough of a good life will usher in even better days!
As for their series of misdeeds and crimes in Liberia, with the support of the United States, the international community basically no longer mentions them.
This is not an exaggeration. In 1930, Liberia's serious racial oppression problem attracted the attention and investigation of the League of Nations, triggering strong condemnation from the international community and plunging Liberia into unprecedented isolation and crisis.
Of course, it was just a condemnation. After all, most of the member states of the League of Nations were not clean, such as Spain, France and other countries that were deeply involved in the Liberian human trafficking.
Britain, the United States, and East Africa all had their own colonies, so only Germany could stand on the moral high ground and criticize Liberia.
In this time and space, with the intervention of the United States, Liberia’s human rights issues are treated with even less care, and major world powers have to give face to the Americans.
The reason why the United States did this was to support Liberia and make it a frontier base for confrontation with East Africa.
Port of Monrovia.
Magna, the port construction contractor of the American Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and his black foreman Berger were supervising the workers at this time.
Berger was a Liberian-American black who wielded a whip and commanded the skinny native black laborers to work hard.
"Lazy guy, don't you have the strength? The donkeys at the construction site are more diligent and hardworking than you!"
"Trulu, you bastard, are slacking off again. If I catch you slacking off again, not only will you get a beating today, you won't even have dinner!"
"You still dare to glare? Do you want to be beaten?"
Berger's beast-like roars could be heard constantly on the construction site, and he would often beat up any workers he disliked. Under his tyranny, the black workers dared not speak out and were busy with their work listlessly.
Magna stood aside, a Cuban cigar between his lips, and said to Berger, "Okay, Berger, don't get angry so easily. If you beat someone to death, you will have to find new laborers, which is also a hassle."
After hearing what Magna said, Berger ran up to Magna and said obediently, "Mr. Magna, you don't know these bastards. If they are not whipped, they will not even bother to move."
"The construction schedule for the Monrovia Port is so tight now, so in order not to delay the project, we have no choice but to resort to this extreme measure."
Magna jokingly said, "These people are still your compatriots after all, so let them off a little easier, what do you say?"
Berger's attitude changed instantly when Magna, the old white man, teased him. He said angrily, "Mr. Magna, you are too kind-hearted. How can these slaves be my compatriots? Even though I don't have the same noble skin as you?"
"But I am also a black person who has been influenced by the great American culture."
Although Berger was annoyed, his anger was directed entirely at the workers on the construction site, not at the real white American in front of him.
For Liberia's ruling class, that is, the American-Liberian blacks, they have a genetic hostage identity syndrome when facing Americans.
They do not think there is anything wrong with Americans' discrimination, contempt, or past mistakes, and are willing to be humble, beg for mercy, and try their best to please white Americans.
If the American host casually compliments them, it is a great favor to them. If someone says, "You really look like an American or a white person," it is the highest compliment to the American-Liberian blacks. I guess they can grin all day long because of this sentence...
From this perspective alone, the Soviet Union is indeed a great country. After all, in its external ideological dissemination, the Soviet Union encourages such people to stand up straight and resist the destruction of humanity by capitalist dog trainers.
However, it is obvious that the Soviet idealists were indeed too idealistic. If they lived in the 21st century, they might understand how difficult it is to persuade animals like "suck-ups".
Magna was happy to see this fat black Liberian man with a seriously excessive sugar level get angry, because his big belly combined with his expression made him look as funny as a Broadway comedian.
As a member of the upper class of a backward slave-based agricultural country, Berger might not be able to consume as lavishly as the rich in his dream country, the United States, but he still had a lot of experience in overnutrition.
In terms of his size, he is seriously oversized in the United States. With a body of more than 200 pounds, I don't know if he is a strongman, but in terms of tonnage, he is definitely a "dinosaur standing out among chickens" in Liberia.
This is especially evident when compared to the skinny, skinny black laborers on the construction site.
To put it bluntly, the fat on his body was earned by the hard work of these local black people in Liberia day and night, and the money was turned into desserts and oils imported from the United States.
His greasy, baggy American suit and not-so-clean leather shoes made him look particularly clownish, but this was one of the sources of Magna's happiness.
After watching Berger's "pig" show, Magna said with a hint of disdain in his eyes, "The project progress needs to be accelerated. It won't matter if you hire more workers and spend a little more money, but the Port of Monrovia must be fully completed before April of next year."
Magna said this as if it were a simple matter.
But Berger was troubled: "Mr. Magna, why are you rushing the progress recently? I thought it was fast enough now."
Magna explained his confusion and said, "You should have noticed recently that the frequency of East African naval forces passing through Monrovia has increased significantly."
"We received news that the East Africans purchased a piece of land from Spain, and their influence is once again expanding northward."
“This may have put some pressure on the government, so the emphasis on Monrovia has been further deepened.”
The news of East Africa's purchase of Dakhla naturally could not be concealed. France, Britain and the United States were the most nervous about East Africa's expansion into northwest Africa.
The first two were afraid that East Africa would have ill intentions towards their colonies in northwest Africa. As time went on, France and Britain attached more and more importance to their colonies in northwest Africa.
There is no need to say much about France. In its colonial territory, North Africa and West Africa have become the core of France's overseas interests, surpassing Southeast Asia.
The same is true of Britain's emphasis on northwestern Africa. Although Britain has many colonies, Canada and Australia are becoming increasingly independent and have objectively broken away from Britain's complete control.
Colonies such as India also showed an increasing resistance to Britain.
Therefore, against the backdrop of the continuous weakening of Britain's colonial influence, northwest Africa became a virgin land of great value in the eyes of Britain.
Britain's colonial activities in northwest Africa did not last long, and in theory there was no interference from external forces. It may even take more than a hundred years for these colonies to awaken to a sense of independence.
After all, Britain ruled India for nearly two hundred years, and India had already achieved a high level of civilization before the British, while the British colonies in West Africa were still in an era of mixed tribes and kingdoms.
Finally, there is the United States. The United States' vigilance towards East Africa is mainly due to East Africa's expansion in the Atlantic, especially its continuous encroachment on the North Atlantic.
"It's acceptable for East Africa to consider the South Atlantic its sphere of influence, but it's insatiable for them to continue expanding into the North Atlantic," Magna said.
"There can only be one great power in the North Atlantic in the future, and the United States is obviously the natural leader of North Atlantic countries, so the United States has an obligation to maintain the balance in the North Atlantic region."
Hearing Magna's domineering remarks, Berger stepped forward and complimented him, saying, "Yes, we in Liberia are also absolute supporters of the United States. In curbing East Africa, Liberia will definitely cooperate with the United States."
Originally, Magna was very satisfied with his remarks just now, but after hearing what Berger said, he instantly felt that his status had been lowered.
Magna said with disdain: "Haha, I hope so! It would be best if Liberia can play a role."
Liberia can certainly play a role in the United States' containment of East Africa, but what Magna had in mind was Liberia's location, not the Liberians.
As for humanoid creatures like Berger with greasy hair and big ears, we should be thankful that they do not cause trouble for the United States.
Even though Liberia was supported by the United States, Magna completely looked down on the local blacks, especially those American-Liberian blacks.
The native Liberian blacks can at least create value, but these American-Liberian blacks are just a bunch of parasites.
With the support of the United States, they control the Liberian government, but they build the country like a "pigsty". Only a few countries in the world can do this, such as Haiti, which is also within the influence of the United States.
Look at Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. It was already the most "developed", "prosperous" and "modern" area in the entire country, but that was before the Americans came and built it in 1934.
The total population of Monrovia was less than 20,000, and there was no industry at all. There were only some simple handicraft workshops. The national economy relied entirely on the plantation economy and the slave trade.
Of course, Monrovia's infrastructure is even worse. Apart from the barely acceptable housing of American-Liberian blacks, the places where other citizens live are simply sheds built with raw plant materials and mud.
In the city of Monrovia, there is not a single decent road. Most of them are unmaintained dirt roads, and even the road surface is not compacted. The roadbed is not well cared for and maintained, and there are basically no water and electricity facilities. Only the largest local company, which is Magna's company, the American Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, has tap water and power supply equipment.
So, in Magna's eyes, Monrovia did not look like a national capital at all before, but more like a primitive coastal fishing village.
Now, after the US government and navy have paid attention to the local area, this country, which became independent in 1847, has begun to modernize to a certain extent.
In the decades before, the Liberian government's performance was not even up to the passing grade, or even zero, and their ability to govern was even negative.
(End of this chapter)
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