I am aware of the Haitian story. The Haitians are indeed responsible for the disaster that their country became, after they rebelled and slaughtered the Whites on the island. I did not want to go into another long digression about what happens when Dindus slaughter Whites in a futile attempt to create Wakanda. The point I made is that the rebellion there was partly a result of French treatment of Black slaves. What happened AFTER that, though, is entirely the fault of Haitians, for whom I have zero sympathy.

Haiti was the first African genocide of whites ( at least in the New World ) particularly of the Haitian abolitionist whites who had helped the African slaves throw off their chains. knowledge of this genocide ( as well as close living with the violent and sexualized black culture ) was a large part of the concern US southrons had about “freeing da slaves”.

thus your complaint about the French responsibility for the conditions of modern Haiti is entirely misplaced. a “French influenced former colony” would be the Dominican Republic, which shares the exact same island with the Haitians, has pretty much exactly the same resource base as Haiti … but somehow manages to not be a complete shithole like Haiti.

for a couple of decades now it has amused me to point people at night time photos of the Carib, with particular attention paid to the locations of Haiti, the DR and Puerto Rico. tell me if you can guess the percent Negro heritage via nocturnal illumination. Haiti vs DR is especially stark.
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/caribbean/images/pr-map-light-2014-1.jpg

Haiti was the canary in the coal mine, warning white societies what awaited them if they permitted democracy of the Negro. South Africa ( which used to be Wakanda in the real world ) is following the Haitian trajectory and appears lost. the European nations are on the precipice.