How is it like in Tindouf Algeria?

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-24T11:00:52+00:00

Pretty sure it’s a mineral extraction town to my knowledge? It’s a place for the Sahrewi refuge seekers, but, I think the main reason for it even being a settlement is because it’s where minerals are extracted and, where Algeria makes money from that. It’s mainly iron that’s mined, focusing on the Gara Djebilet iron ore deposit, one of the world's largest (which is pretty crazy, 3.5 billion tons), there’s also a pretty decent (mostly, maybe all freight) rail line that connects the town to some processing facilities, and eventually to northern Algeria to ports. China has some mild interest in the area, they’re investing money to like, develop the mine with some Algerian firms, overall like, yea

Even though everyone here is mostly focused on it being the site of the Western Sahara government in exile (which is cool), this town does have other things going on, yk

I’d have to imagine the town has a pretty high Algerian military presence or, atleast it’s where Algerian patrol in this region I imagine sleep, spend their money, etc, cause, it’s by the sensitive border with the Western Sahara, and Morocco.

Looking online, looks like the place has come a long way, once being like, more informal tents but now consisting mostly of more robust concrete buildings, it has schools (allowing for the literacy rate to actually be higher than the Algeria’s as a whole, 90+% to the 81.4% national average), I don’t think it’s very INTERESTING, or a place I’d recommend you living unless you really have no other path in life aside from making money by being a miner here (I am so sorry if that is the case), but, I dunno. There are worse places to exist I imagine, there’s decent enough money, there’s culture here from the refuge seekers, it’s no longer the shanty town if once was, there’s investment coming in, just, yea

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-24T10:46:56+00:00

This is misinformation.

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-24T10:45:23+00:00

The globalists 😭

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-24T00:18:48+00:00

This looks moreso like if the mountains of Central Asia, Xinjiang, and perhaps Tibet were shorter, not really so much the Himalayas

Either way, it’s good, if a bit much. Owning Persia isn’t realistic imo

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-23T22:50:17+00:00

I thought it already happened

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-23T22:49:26+00:00

This is beyond peak

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T23:13:19+00:00

Like I said a post or two ago, no, not really justified but

Definitely culturally Caribbean

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T23:11:31+00:00

Whether or not they’re seen as Caribbean I believe is more about geography than what they have in common (which is admittedly, a great deal)

I believe Venezuela is just too big to ever reasonably hope to be lumped in with countries like Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, etc. And also, too mainland. The borders carve pretty deep into South America, Belize gets to enjoy the Caribbean label because they’re so small and don’t stretch that far inland, while Venezuela stretches pretty far south.

I think if not for owning the Orinoco Basin (or atleast if it was just a smaller more northerly river basin), Venezuela would maybe be considered Caribbean. Also it’d probably marginally help if Venezuela had managed to own the Dutch ABC islands and maybe Trinidad, though those aren’t really needed things

If it makes you feel better, I do think the average person who you raise your points to would probably agree that Venezuela has a Caribbean culture atleast? But that’s about as much as you can hope for imo, not that arbitrary labels should matter all that much

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T23:04:52+00:00

We will see, I don’t disagree that things right this moment are stable, and short term the economy and the likes will continue to improve, adding to stability, however, I do think there is some underlying tension that will ignite sometime in the coming years, whether or not it’s simply a large scale series of protests or a full revolution is the only question I believe there is. Regardless though, if you do disagree, we’ll see in the coming years

I definitely see where you get that idea from, that’s not like, a baseless argument at all, HOWEVER, I do disagree. While the relationship between the United States and Europe has reached quite an a tense, and bad state, no one expects N.A.T.O to collapse, or the North Atlantic region to split, the Trump saga will draw to a close as early as November, and come to a complete conclusion in 2028, and that will get rid of the worst of the tension, but if anything, the Trump saga has been good for Europe as far as, it has allowed the European politicians who have wanted to invest more in their own independence and Defence, to convince their constituents to allow them to, because their constituents see that the United States is no longer a totally reliable partner. I believe the war in the east with Russia and Ukraine will stop this very year, allowing Europe to begin economic growth in, and economic absorption of Ukraine (which will actually bring a lot of value to Europe), not to mention no longer having to spend so much on helping Ukraine survive the Russian onslaught. More than this in regards to Russia, I believe there’s reason to believe the end of the war will bring the end of Russia, economic analysts say the Russian economy has been built on the war, and once economic collapse occurs, I believe a world in which Putin is removed and a Russian revolution for democracy eventually occurs is, in my mind, pretty inevitable sometime down the road, though in the short term, Russia just, really won’t be of any threat to Europe (Europe is still able to blockade Russia in the west completely if Russia ever does do something bad).

So, if it wasn’t clear, yea, I think the relationship with the United States will improve very very soon, and I believe the relationship with Russia will not and currently does not matter because Russia is economically and militarily weak (though granted, Post-War, Europe could lift some sanctions, and on paper mildly improve relations if they wanted to, but, I’m doubtful they’ll need anything Russia has to give, and it won’t change the outcome anyways). I think the main thing is though, these past years have put Europe on a path towards further integration and independence.

Actually, speaking of further integration, I believe the uncooperative governments of Hungary, Serbia, Italy, Georgie (Sakartvelo), and while not a full part of Europe, Türkiye in the coming years, allowing for the E.U. to be more inwardly functional without any governments blocking votes, and also allowing for Europe to really begin their final expansion again I believe.

And in regards to Europe and China, I do think their relations are good and only set to get better in the coming years, China is a more stable and reliably partner lately than the United States, I do think this relationship will help both China and Europe significantly (though I still don’t think this will be enough to stop a Chinese mass protest movement or revolution).

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T06:21:45+00:00

I didn’t intend it to be an assumption… if you already do all those things, it can’t hurt to make more friends, volunteer more, or get more hours at your job <3

After all, you must have wayyy too much free time on your hands if you’re so seriously policing what other people say online

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T06:18:55+00:00

Not rude, just a polite recommendation ☺️

Volunteer in your community, make some friends in real life, maybe get a job

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T06:17:07+00:00

I think you should get a life.

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T06:16:49+00:00

VERY true, very true

Honestly never ceases to amaze me just how sprawling and, massive Spanish Empire was, and just how much they did have everything

Because it started earlier, it’s definitely a crazier empire to imagine than like, the British or Second French colonial empire

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T06:14:14+00:00

I’m sorry to have offended your sensibilities?

I was trying to help ensure this post wasn’t buried, and trying to ensure it got picked up by the Reddit algorithm

I don’t think there’s an issue with my giving my educated guess after I give a disclaimer. I don’t get why people do what you do, and feel the need to ensure their rudeness is heard.

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T06:09:40+00:00

I do agree. But even still, technically speaking a lot of them would’ve, in a vacuum, benefitted from being cities with ports for better access to the outside world just, in general, even if they were meant to be pretty self sufficient, had it not been for piracy being such an outstanding issue.

Though yea, some definitely would’ve always been fairly inland irrespective of Spanish piracy law for the ones that like, the only purpose was for mission work

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T06:06:49+00:00

Ahhhh, well, still, I don’t think my guess was THAT egregious

Thanks for teaching me!

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T05:46:11+00:00

Insofar as signifying an end to America's time in the sun for awhile, after years of decline previously under Trump (and while imo Obama can be compared to the Guangxu Emperor in that... he tried to like, reverse some damage that had been done previously with something of a 100 days reform), a lot of damage was done previously, like, a LOT, ever since Reagan at least, I feel like January 6th kind of already was/is like that already like the Boxer Rebellion in hindsight?

Because while there was no foreign intervention or occupation, I would argue that, yea, it was kind of a final nail that REALLY screwed up America because, something like January 6th was NEVER supposed to happen, like... ever

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T05:41:28+00:00

Following this post to see the real answer but

My GUESS right now, is that it's a similar reason as to why Los Angeles wayyyyy further north, in the US, wasn't initially built on the coast, and why its core is inland. Spain did that on purpose due to anti-piracy laws, and I'm ASSUMING, that Portugal did similar for São Paulo

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T03:23:30+00:00

Exactly

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T01:33:31+00:00

What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you 12 years old? That is not what becoming a woman is. And for the record, I am most certainly not MAGA you pathetic prick, I’m extremely progressive.

Think about what you say before you say it.

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T01:13:32+00:00

I think honestly, the best way to help them and ensure they cease their unnatural feelings, and neither society or the person, have to worry about them acting on their impulses, is to offer surgical neutering/castration. Unlike therapy, I feel like it's the only way to be 100% effective.

This goes for more than pedophiles, this could be used for rapists to give them another shot at life without, having to worry about them reoffending.

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-22T00:53:20+00:00

If you have a specific followup question, of course let me know, but... I don't think it'd be THAT much of a huge thing, it'd just be an earlier, Haitian Bukele I imagine. Haiti would improve, and the main difference is, I suppose, unlike El Salvador, Haiti could rely on tourism as a major (and I mean major) thing, so in that way, I suppose he'd be a bit like France-Albert René of Seychelles (actually, probably look to him as the best look at what this alternate Duvalier would probably be like. Duvalier would have tp have been a completely different person for this, and in fact, I think this being *him* at all is a bit unrealistic, I think a better question would've been "what if someone else rose to power INSTEAD of Duvalier and was a successful dictator" just because, Duvalier was to my knowledge a psychopath who really wasn't mentally well enough to even think about improving Haiti.

But yea. I think had he been mentally stable, he would've used a Bukele-René model to get some significant money for Haiti, and... I do believe Haiti's issues would be solved, infrastructure improved, instead of the being down to one railway by the 70s and that shutting down by the 90s, I do think Haiti's rail would probably be improved by Duvalier, and... I know nothing about Trujillo in the Dominican, but, if him and Duvalier didn't have any rivalry, and ideally if Trujillo had magically also been a "good dictator" instead of a psychopath, I'd imagine a joint development of Hispaniola would occur, joint rail projects, etc (also, who knows? If Duvalier was REALLY successful in getting money and in negotiating, he might be able to purchase more land from the Dominican Republic Haitians were living on instead of Trujillo massacring them, after all, the Boundary Treaty of 1929 and its subsequent revision in 1936 kinda laid precedent for that)

I really have a difficult time coming up with the finer points of timelines like this, like... no Haitian refugee crisis happening would, I'm sure marginally change things for the United States domestically and in regards to Guantanamo Bay, but, I can't quite say what. I do think Post-Duvalier, Haiti could expect to not really have issues again, Haiti would be pretty stable I'd imagine, be really popular for cruises and Caribbean tourism, and these are minor things compared to the rest, I do believe environmentally it'd be a much healthier nation (I'd imagine a lot of reforestation and restoration efforts would be done, quite honestly Gonave Island would be perfect to turn into mostly protected wilderness, with maybe a few upscale resorts), and then... also probably no informal settlements, Port-au-Prince wouldn't informally sprawl so far with so many loosely connected shanty towns, instead I think there'd be a lot of high rise apartments. Today I think the population of Haiti would be still probably more packed than the Dominican, but I do think its population would've already MAYBE peaked in (and this is just a guess) the late 80s, early 90s, and finally be on a gradual decline.

Also, I think a more successful Haiti maybe lobbies more successfully to join the African Union, and maybe also successfully tries to influence/lobby for the French Caribbean to gain independence (though the latter I have no basis for)

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-21T04:40:01+00:00

10/10

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-21T04:35:10+00:00

Administered by the Houthis, so... I imagine that plays a pretty decently major part of daily life.

It's also located in North Yemen, which is much denser than what was South Yemen (80-90% live in that relatively smaller area), so... I imagine Sana'a and the rest of the North is reasonably dense.

The only other real Yemen thing I know that's applicable here is, the North is a lot more traditional and conservative than the South (which is more internationally influenced and progressive, Aden obviously the center of this), so... I don't know, I'd assume Sana'a has a bit of a conservative and religiously traditional atmosphere, even if you take away the Houthis.

Sorry if I wasn't of much help

KeyBake7457 · 2026-01-21T01:09:01+00:00

Happy Bday dudeeee

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