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> Contrast the Mongolians celebration of their imperial glory with western guilt about imperialism. The mongols didn't exterminate the people they conquered an
by davidreiss 9y ago
> Contrast the Mongolians celebration of their imperial glory with western guilt about imperialism.
The mongols didn't exterminate the people they conquered and settle the land with mongols.
> Why is one OK and the other not?
For the same reason why nazi germany was exceptionally evil.
The mongols weren't good. They were empire builders. But they didn't set out to exterminate people.
The difference between western imperialism and mongol imperialism is that russians, chinese, koreans, turks, central asians, arabs, persians, siberians, etc still exist.
Now compare that to what happened to the native americas, inuits, aborigines, etc.
- eponeponepon 9y ago> But they didn't set out to exterminate people. Well... they sort of did. It's just that their selection criteria amounted to "those who oppose us" rather than "those of ancestries we consider bad". On the macro-scale, there's little difference.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago> The mongols weren't good. They were empire builders. But they didn't set out to exterminate people. Extermination wasn't their goal, but IIRC they had a policy of exterminating any who resisted them, as a lesson to others. That wasn't standard policy for all empire builders.
- mcguire 9y agoPlus, the Mongols improved the environment.