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Originally Posted by nik-
Yes, multiple people. Multiple millions of people, not all of who are suffering from the psychological trauma you equate with child abuse. I think there are differences in the places that have moved onto something (no where did I suggest thriving) and the ones that are still total ####holes, and it's not solely colonialism. Colonialism isn't even a majority factor.
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I don't think anyone would claim that colonialism was or is the sole factor but that the ripple effect of it tends to last for a few generations. Let's get away from the child abuse analogy and look at say African-Americans. There are clearly African-Americans who have risen above the systemic racism in the U.S. That doesn't mean that the legacies of racism and slavery aren't still factors contributing to issues facing the African-American community. And like I said, we're not just talking about colonialism. A country like Iraq has had the misfortune of being on the wrong side of both colonialism and interventionist U.S. foreign policy. It really shouldn't be a surprise that Iraq is the mess that it is. A lot of these "####holes" have also had to deal with various outside influences installing and/or propping up ruthless regimes. So yeah, I can't blame the West for the cultural elements of a Saudi regime that brutalizes women, but I can certainly blame the West for continuing to prop up said regime in order to protect its interests in the region.