# @ajplus on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=j60coqGKqck
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34444581-ajplus-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/92f5fcd7ce.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-06T13:01:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AJ+ (@ajplus) — https://gondola.cc/ajplus

## Caption

Today, over 50 countries in the Global South, including Haiti and Congo, are trapped in a $1 trillion debt crisis. But this is by design.

When these nations gained independence, they were handed a bill, not a fresh start. Former imperial powers in Europe trapped them in financial systems specifically built to extract wealth and keep them dependent on their former colonizers.
 
#Colonialism #Debt

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## Stats

- **Views:** 48,949
- **Likes:** 2,679
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- **Comments:** 486

## Tags

debt, colonialism

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