Compromise only results in neo-colonialism, where the newly independent state continues to have economic dependence on a former colonial country. Fanon uses the Republic of Gabon as an example where “Monsieur M’ba, president of the Republic of Gabon, to very solemnly declare on his arrival for an official visit to Paris: ‘Gabon is an independent country, but nothing has changed between Gabon and France, the statue quo continues.’ In fact the only change is that Monsieur M’ba is president of the Republic of Gabon, and he is the guest of the president of the French Republic.” Fanon stresses the importance of lumpenproletariat (the lowest of the low, in Fanon’s case: the landless peasants) in the revolutionary movement. “The lumpenproletariat, this cohort of
Compromise only results in neo-colonialism, where the newly independent state continues to have economic dependence on a former colonial country. Fanon uses the Republic of Gabon as an example where “Monsieur M’ba, president of the Republic of Gabon, to very solemnly declare on his arrival for an official visit to Paris: ‘Gabon is an independent country, but nothing has changed between Gabon and France, the statue quo continues.’ In fact the only change is that Monsieur M’ba is president of the Republic of Gabon, and he is the guest of the president of the French Republic.” Fanon stresses the importance of lumpenproletariat (the lowest of the low, in Fanon’s case: the landless peasants) in the revolutionary movement. “The lumpenproletariat, this cohort of