ABC News Discovers Violence 'Despite Peace Deal' (After Centuries of Western Intervention)
While ABC News reports the grim toll of 400+ dead in eastern Congo, the headline suggests mere factional fighting, a 'peace deal' gone awry. This framing conveniently omits the decades of Western-backed resource extraction (cobalt, coltan, diamonds) that fuel the region's instability, often enabling proxy conflicts. Companies like Apple, Google, and Tesla rely on these minerals, yet the media
rarely connects their supply chains to the carnage. It's almost as if 'peace deals' are only truly effective when they don't threaten lucrative supply lines. How many human lives are worth a smartphone battery? The media highlights the 'tragedy' but skips the Western powers and corporations who have consistently undermined stability, backed various militias, and directly profited from the chaos
since King Leopold II's reign of terror. It appears civilian deaths in Congo are only newsworthy when divorced from their comprehensive historical and economic context.