Quote: > If your first instinct as a westerner is to criticize and lecture 3rd
world communist movements, instead of learning from their successes, then you
have internalized the patronizing arrogance of the colonial system you claim to
oppose.
It’s the first time in a while I considered, even if only for a few milliseconds, that anti-colonialism is bad. So I have to acknowledge that the commenter could at least surprise me
You know what “Anti colonialism is bad because look how the US turned out” is at least novel
Ah but the US rebellion against the UK wasn’t anti-colonialism, it was just changing who would benefit more from the colonialism.
It was repositioning the metropole into a former colony, but still keeping the power among colonizers.
It’s the first time in a while I considered, even if only for a few milliseconds, that anti-colonialism is bad. So I have to acknowledge that the commenter could at least surprise me
i’ve seen “US independence was actually bad” but not expanded to all anticolonialism