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Dude, I think people sometimes confuse socialism as some kind of aesthetic style, or a kind of religion where men worship Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky and the great international proletarian revolution and recite the communist manifesto every morning.
Socialism does not have a strict form yet. However most of the socialism in 20th century began as anti-colonial struggles that aimed at gaining economic and political independence from the West, at the same time their industrial infrastructure was developed. So in any shape and form Burkina Faso is moving towards socialism.
I'm not asking about "aesthetics" or whatever. If he's a socialist his policies will reflect that; if he's not a socialist his policies will reflect that. This is what I'm asking.
Why didn't you look for his policies yourself?
I have been, but it's hard to find reliable English-language sources on countries that Western Hegemony is opposed to. Especially when everything you're likely to come across first is either coming from the mouth of the Great Satan itself or through one of its sock puppets.
No worries. That is actually a very common issue and plenty of comrades(including myself 🙂 ) in Lemmygrad are bringing tons of information regarding Traoré and Burkina Faso due to the high interest on this topic. You could check the following sub where I constantly update regarding this beautiful country:
Also, give my comment a look if you have the time! In that comment, I tried to collect as much information so that any comrade could make their decision regarding Burkina Faso -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/8696144/6776592
I can entirely relate to that! It's exactly where I was when I first heard of Traore!