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I've seen decolonise before, but in the context of removing colonies. This is about a hangover of colonialism. To me colony is A-political, whereas colonial a
by benj111 4y ago
I've seen decolonise before, but in the context of removing colonies.
This is about a hangover of colonialism.
To me colony is A-political, whereas colonial applys to the politics.
Taking it further.
I colonise America
I colonise mars
I colonise maths?
What does that mean? We aren't talking about a literal colony, were talking about colonialism. So (De)colonialise is the word the I would make up to describe this.
- selfhoster11 4y agoI am not arguing about what the word should mean, I am simply pointing out that people seem to use it this way.