BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoLatvia PM: Let EU countries with no colonial past lead diplomacy with BRICS+www.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarekool_newt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·1 year agoI’d imagine states without colonial pasts weren’t more moral, they just lacked the resources and/or opportunities.
minus-squarefebra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo going by that logic, countries that were colonised before by western powers would’ve done the same thing if they had the same resources? Not that I don’t agree with that, I’m just trying to figure out what you mean
minus-squareSlotos@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’s not about morality, it’s about having a damn clue. Shared traumas matter.
I’d imagine states without colonial pasts weren’t more moral, they just lacked the resources and/or opportunities.
So going by that logic, countries that were colonised before by western powers would’ve done the same thing if they had the same resources? Not that I don’t agree with that, I’m just trying to figure out what you mean
It’s not about morality, it’s about having a damn clue. Shared traumas matter.