Not all the facts fit the anti-colonialist narrative

Re:Not all the facts fit the anti-colonialist narrative by tdsamardzhiev on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:09AM (#24117908)

Did Benin not fight and conquer weaker civilizations? Did Benin not trade African people for slaves?

None of these are unique to European colonial powers. So in that sense, the question is "why not?" rather than "why?"

Take away service-based economy, global trade and the internet, and the strong of today (or of any other time) would indeed have more use of a second TV than of world peace.

I hope that thanks to the advancement of technology, people around the world will see this instance of prisoner's dilemma for what it is, and work towards a better world together. Sadly, what I observe in reality is that people who will get the most benefit out of this seem to be its strongest opponents.

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Re:Not all the facts fit the anti-colonialist narrative by filleduchaos on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:12AM (#24119471)

I quite feel you have managed to miss the entire point. This might help out a little: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24108231

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Re:Not all the facts fit the anti-colonialist narrative by x86_64Ubuntu on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:56AM (#24120260)

He didn't miss the point. It's standard whataboutism. You see the same arguments concerning Native Americans in the US where the proposition is that since they didn't all live in peace, their extermination shouldn't be seen as out of the ordinary.

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