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>this fits really well into the age-old pattern of Western societies barging in and imposing their will on other cultures >...justified by the Western societie
by xiaoma 11y ago
>this fits really well into the age-old pattern of Western societies barging in and imposing their will on other cultures
>...justified by the Western societies
>...the pattern in Western history
You should try living in the East. A similar scenario in China would not go down the same way. The telescope would go up and there would be very little hand wringing involved in the decision.
- Steuard 11y agoFair point: Europe and its descendants don't have anything like a monopoly on imperialism (and China in particular has that history going back a long, long time). I'm presumably focused on European imperialism because it's my heritage, and because Europe's age of imperial expansion has played a particularly widespread role in world history for the past few centuries. And also, because it's the one involved in the conflict in question here. It's probably worth considering how these attitudes evolve over time, too. I'd guess that a hundred years ago, the U.S. wouldn't have done much hand wringing in this case, either.