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Were the intentions behind colonialism good, too, in your opinion?
by nsajko 2y ago
Were the intentions behind colonialism good, too, in your opinion?
- concordDance 2y agoProbably depends on the colonialist. I expect many were in it for money at the expense of the colonised population, but I expect just as many did it to "civilize and raise up the barbarians as good christians".
- kanapala 2y agoOther thought “And clean our cities of the crooked nose vermin” so it’s all good?
- defrost 2y agoIn practice both paths were bad in varying ways, it's just that one was paved with a disregard for others, the second paved with good intentions. eg: Daisy Bates oozed good intentions https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bates-daisy-may-83 https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bates-daisy-may-83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bates_(author) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bates_(author) and strongly put the case that: "As to the half-castes, however early they may be taken and trained, with very few exceptions, the only good half-caste is a dead one." and a number of other firm opinions that spawned a regime of hugging "the good ones" to death while abusing the "in betweens". But yeah, good intentions.
- leosanchez 2y ago> but I expect just as many did it to "civilize and raise up the barbarians as good christians". Do you have any examples for this ?
- concordDance 2y agoThis poem captures some of the spirit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden
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- dang 2y agoPlease don't take HN threads into flamewar hell. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html