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I don't agree with any of this, but USAID has been involved in many global attempts at colonization and ethnic cleansing. One specific one you could look into i

I don't agree with any of this, but USAID has been involved in many global attempts at colonization and ethnic cleansing. One specific one you could look into is the colonization of Eelam Tamil.

tines 2y ago
Can you provide a source for that? I can't find anything in a casual Google search.
- krainboltgreene 2y ago
  Sure: https://thuppahis.com/2022/07/28/the-mahaweli-project-the-mother-of-all-development-schemes-in-sri-lanka/ https://thuppahis.com/2022/07/28/the-mahaweli-project-the-mo... > One underlying motive of the settlement pattern was to change the demographics of the Eastern Province, and it was clearly UNP policy laid down by JR and energetically implemented by Gamini. In Systems H and C 90% of the settlers were Sinhala and 10% Muslim – there were no Tamils although the land was in the Eastern Province, a majority Tamil province. It's one of the many dark parts of our history.
lawn 2y ago
Colonization? Like the rethoric around Panama, Greenland, and Canada?
- krainboltgreene 2y ago
  What? No I mean actual colonization. You can look up the Mahaweli Development programme, it was specifically designed (under the guise of creating fertile land/pastures) to colonize more of the Sri Lankan region. "Somehow" there ended up being cities that were 94% Sinhalese and only Sinhalese-language was used in USAID made documents/guides/brochures, despite being the least used language among 3.
  - JohnHaugeland 2y ago
    USAid wasn’t even in existence for six months after the program you’re talking about. That had nothing to do with us.
    - krainboltgreene 2y ago
      https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnabr388.pdf https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnabr388.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/ar/517791468113338914/pdf/multi-page.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/ar/5177914681133389... By this point you could have just googled this yourself, I’m left to wonder why you’re making me do it for you. It’s not a secret.

I don't agree with any of this, but USAID has been involved in many global attempts at colonization and ethnic cleansing. One specific one you could look into is the colonization of Eelam Tamil.

tines 2y ago

Can you provide a source for that? I can't find anything in a casual Google search.

krainboltgreene 2y ago
Sure: https://thuppahis.com/2022/07/28/the-mahaweli-project-the-mother-of-all-development-schemes-in-sri-lanka/ https://thuppahis.com/2022/07/28/the-mahaweli-project-the-mo... > One underlying motive of the settlement pattern was to change the demographics of the Eastern Province, and it was clearly UNP policy laid down by JR and energetically implemented by Gamini. In Systems H and C 90% of the settlers were Sinhala and 10% Muslim – there were no Tamils although the land was in the Eastern Province, a majority Tamil province. It's one of the many dark parts of our history.

lawn 2y ago

Colonization? Like the rethoric around Panama, Greenland, and Canada?

krainboltgreene 2y ago
What? No I mean actual colonization. You can look up the Mahaweli Development programme, it was specifically designed (under the guise of creating fertile land/pastures) to colonize more of the Sri Lankan region. "Somehow" there ended up being cities that were 94% Sinhalese and only Sinhalese-language was used in USAID made documents/guides/brochures, despite being the least used language among 3.
- JohnHaugeland 2y ago
  USAid wasn’t even in existence for six months after the program you’re talking about. That had nothing to do with us.
  - krainboltgreene 2y ago
    https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnabr388.pdf https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnabr388.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/ar/517791468113338914/pdf/multi-page.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/ar/5177914681133389... By this point you could have just googled this yourself, I’m left to wonder why you’re making me do it for you. It’s not a secret.