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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
I'm not lumping anyone in anything. I'm merely suggesting that in order for any kind of lasting change to be made (anywhere) you need to come at the problem holistically and understand the historical factors that led to the point said situation is at. I'm not trying to suggest there is no value in 'traditional' history, I'm just saying I believe their is value in understanding an event via multiple lenses. And to pigeon hold yourself to one singular perspective isn't beneficial to "struggle for humanity".
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Yeah, but what lasting change? To what purpose? History shouldn't be revolutionary. It's just the cataloguing of human stories. I don't want multiple lenses, because I don't believe that I even have the slightest comprehension of one perspective, let alone multiple ones. People are damn lazy. All of this new cultural relativism is just a way for people to avoid asking the hard questions.
Like how the heck does colonialism have anything to do with black Africans butchering albino Africans for their genitals to use as magical talismans? I don't think that they are animals, just primitive. Why? On a personal level, I could (and have) spent a meal with an African person laughing, telling stories, and exchanging personal views like any other human being. Why is their cultural/political order so profoundly putrid?