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dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days agocolonialism was the norm and in no way internationally frowned upon
When you mention colonialism wasn’t frowned upon, who were the people that did not frown upon it then?
Comment on Interesting analogy
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days agocolonialism was the norm and in no way internationally frowned upon
When you mention colonialism wasn’t frowned upon, who were the people that did not frown upon it then?
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
The fellow colonizers… yeah that was worded badly. But i think you know what i mean. Back then maybe other European countries were jealous of other colonizers, but they didnt really see it as a bad thing to be colonizers. Now even the ex-colonizers see it as a bad thing and when countries do it, they get called out for it. Russia, China, USA, Israel, etc
Its the same as with oil and coal dependency. Yes the West disproportionally profited from those historically, and we can think about compensation etc, but in the end its in everyones interest to just stop using it and bully anyone that doesnt reduce their usage of it.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
My point is that your baseline for legitimacy and moral acceptance is based on the attitudes taken by the colonizers, then and now. It’s only seems like a defensible position because the “ex”-colonizers (the U.S. hasn’t been decolonized, has it?) broadly agree with your position, but Zionism is a clear contradiction.