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I am not talking about reparations. No one is looking for charity or concessions from Europeans anyway. I do not think very many people hold a grudge either. Y
by naruvimama 5y ago
I am not talking about reparations. No one is looking for charity or concessions from Europeans anyway.
I do not think very many people hold a grudge either. You are just firing all over the place.
My statement is simple, Europeans are used to seeing their colonies as a poorer and miserable mirror image of themselves.
As much as a white evangelist see their recent converts, as a white man's burden.
Except for political independence, colonial institutions and traditions remain the same on both sides. Whether it is the BBC, the labour party, the royalty or the universities their mindset remains in the colonial Era.
There is a clear repulsion to intellectual independence or the ex-colonies developing independent institutions. This revulsion is similar to the one a white evangelist feels when native traditions or religions make a come back and he/she is loosing his/her flock.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoWhy do people in Africa care what BBC or whoever thinks? And where is the great come back that people are supposedly revulsed by? I really don't know what point you are trying to make or what your goals are. Last I heard China is buying up Africa anyway, maybe you'll be more happy with that future.
- naruvimama 5y agoI must apologize, I realize that when you are stepping on someone else's feet of course you do not feel the pain.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoExplain how for example the BBC from your mentions, which broadcasts more than 1000km away from Africa, steps on the toes of people in Africa? Maybe just concentrate on feeling less like a victim, and you'll realize your toe is actually finde.
- prmph 5y agoWhat does the distance of media from Africa have to do with how Africans would feel about it? Are you unaware that a huge number of Africans listen to and watch the BBC? I've been watching you make all sorts of nonsensical arguments in the discussion about TFA, and I wonder what your motivations are?
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoThe discussion was about ongoing colonization. Any Africans listening to BBC do so voluntarily, so they are not being colonized and also not hit on the toe. Or rather, if it hurts them, why are they listening? My goal is simply to counter bad logic and harmful ideologies.
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- ashwagary 5y agoCriminals in western countries use fake stories to manufacture consent then mass murder and ruin the lives of innocent people around the world on a regular basis.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoDo you have some specific examples? I have no idea what you are talking about.
- ashwagary 5y agoYou are unaware of the propaganda campaigns that precede military engagements (most recently Iraq & Syria)? I find it hard to believe. The mis/disinformation is distributed across most English media when enough interests are aligned.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoAll wars come with propaganda, from all sides. Iraq was questionable, Syria appears to be mostly a civil war with some foreign powers meddling. I don't think you can reasonably assume that all would be well in those regions without foreign interference.
- ashwagary 5y agoOnly a small specific group of people on this planet have stolen enough and are perversely incentivized to engage in forever wars. Both sidesing this issue is silly. >I don't think you can reasonably assume that all would be well in those regions without foreign interference. 1-2 million innocent civilians would be alive and millions of refugees would be home. Objectively better than the current state.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y agoHumans have always warred, your claim of "only a small specific group" is completely false. "1-2 million innocent civilians would be alive and millions of refugees would be home." How do you know there would have been no war without foreign interference? And people are being murdered and displaced by their fellow countrymen, not simply by foreign powers.
- ashwagary 5y agoI think Reparations from both the US and Europe are a great idea. The value stolen by each state can be quantified.