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One of the most frustrating aspects of these liberationist counter-narratives is the pretense that whoever conquered or succeeded certain civilizations/cultures
by elefanten 6y ago
One of the most frustrating aspects of these liberationist counter-narratives is the pretense that whoever conquered or succeeded certain civilizations/cultures, did so by a unique application of force.
Roughly: 'our people were good and peaceful until evil warlike invaders with wholly-different human motivations wiped us out.'
We should aim to fix injustices in the world. But building false narratives of differential demonization will only recreate problems in the long run.
- haltingproblem 6y agoHow does an invasionary force conquer a foreign land where they are outnumbered other than by being warlike? Lets define warlike as those who have achieved a high degree of skill at warfare. The Mongols who conquered cities and states were famously warlike. So were the Macedonians/Greeks under Alexander.