Re:In Winston Churchill, Hollywood rewards a mass murderer
by Nokinside on Sunday March 11, 2018 @12:43PM
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Churchill was really evil in the era of rampant racism and ethnic nationalism, but he was just one man.
Churchill could have done much more damage, but was restrained by British institutions because there were some number of people who had different values and institutions that allowed gradual change. The same institutions that horribly exploited the rest of the world, especially India.
If we want to learn from the history, we must look past individuals.
There is very weak and fragile layer recently developed principles, norms, procedures that direct liberal democracies and they are followed very inconsistent manner if at all. Something like 60-70% of the population don't know exactly what they are and are willing to give them away for small temporary convenience.
Churchill could have done much more damage, but was restrained by British institutions because there were some number of people who had different values and institutions that allowed gradual change. The same institutions that horribly exploited the rest of the world, especially India.
If we want to learn from the history, we must look past individuals.
There is very weak and fragile layer recently developed principles, norms, procedures that direct liberal democracies and they are followed very inconsistent manner if at all. Something like 60-70% of the population don't know exactly what they are and are willing to give them away for small temporary convenience.