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> Something that never seems to come up in discussions of violence rates in the Americas is our history of colonial domination. because its not relevant to the
by sumedh 8y ago
> Something that never seems to come up in discussions of violence rates in the Americas is our history of colonial domination.
because its not relevant to the topic being discussed.
- jessaustin 8y agoYou don't think that Brazil today is affected by the Brazil of 200, 400, 500 years ago? You don't think that colonial attitudes persist? You don't think that it would be a different nation had not so many natives been killed or enslaved? You don't think that violence is a self-perpetuating cycle? How the hell does that work?
- sumedh 8y agoIts very easy to blame others, its very difficult to accept failure. Are going to blame colonialism for all the presidential corruption scandals as well?
- jessaustin 8y agoBlame? What is that? Are you making a moral argument? I'm talking about cause and effect, and I mentioned one cause that exists in Brazil but not in e.g. France.
- sumedh 8y agoBlame - feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong, which is exactly what you are doing. So colonialism is the cause for the recent presidential corruption scandals?
- jessaustin 8y agoYou are the only one talking about presidential corruption. Besides Brazil certainly isn't leading the world on that measure.
- sumedh 8y agoSO who are you going to blame for the president being corrupt. If the President is corrupt what messages does it send to the ordinary people. Why should they follow the law if the President does not?