Grrl Power #1341 - The quadruple pincer gets 'em dripper?

Thank you for the support! You guys and grrls are awesome!

The move was Friday. It's Sunday night as I'm posting this, and I'm positive 6 days have elapsed.

Tired.
Itchy.
Tasty.

Deus doesn't need an excuse to invade neighboring countries, but it sure helps with motivating his people and keeping the international community off his back if the countries 1) provoke him or his allies or placed that threw a coup in hopes of inviting his "meritocrigime" in, 2) Are "bad" and 3) are poor. That isn't to say some rich countries don't have specialized interests in areas he's bringing his administration to. But when they confronts him about it, he points out the infrastructure improvements he's brought to his territories, and then promises their particular resource will become easier and cheaper to ship once there's reliable roadways, electricity, un-navigable rivers that now have locks and navigation channels put there by geo and hydrokinetics. And those specialized interests go, "You know? Maybe a politically stable Africa would be good for the world. I mean, my pockets." And the guy next to him says, "You said the quiet part loud." And the Specialized Interest goes, "We all know why I'm here. Let's not pretend we care about the temporary meat cogs." Which would make for a heck of a mission statement.

So that last panel. Female solidarity? Or are they thinking, "By Jupiter's angry red spot, he's right! And that annoys me! But him being right also turns my delicate and capricious female brain into goo. Not to mention other parts! Gosh, I bet he has a huuuuuge... bank account. Boobily!"

Okay, maybe not that exactly.

Deus does have his work cut out for him though. Honestly, toppling a bunch of ultra corrupt dictatorships when you have access to a heavily positive Super ratio, a brigade of literal demons, and advanced alien tech support... that is technological materiel support, not like aliens doing tech support. "Yes, my iPhone is having trouble connecting to the carrier?" "Phoooone hoooome...." "Yes, that's what I'm trying to do..." Anyway, toppling a bunch of relatively poor countries is the easy part when you have a super army and supercomputer levels of tactical and strategic acumen. The hard part is convincing everyone under your new banner that it's a good thing. And we all know that there are plenty of people out there who would willing cut off their own nose to spite their neighbor whose wife they covet. Or some other aphorism. Tribal rivalries going back dozens of generations, religious tribalism, racial tribalism, nationalism. Just tribalism in general. Promising people a better life and even showing that you can deliver on it just isn't enough in some cases, because hate and distrust and fear is often stronger than hope. Also, Deus is white, and that can be a hell of a handicap in Africa. The distrust has been reforged and reinforced since well before the industrial revolution. So does Deus have one easy trick that metathesiophobes hate? Probably at least one. Stay tuned!