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iatrophilosophos · 9 months ago

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Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the conditions these assholes r describing in the middle east like, entirely a product of western imperialism? I've heard the line relatively often that like, Iraq and Afghanistan were ~modern~ ~developed~ nations in the middle of the 20th century and just got fucked and destabilized

not that either is a good thing but there is a small cosmic sort of irony to appreciate in the way that the russian invasion of ukraine and the most recent nakba happened so close together and how they through comparison made it undeniably clear how much the definition of war crime and genocide and atrocity &etc depends on the geopolitical interests of the imperial core

#its kinda a weird topic to talk about bc like these ideas of civilized/modern r really fucked and of course the Empire shit/the idea that #any of this is more justified or expectable or explanable among uncivil and/or nonwestern peoples is like. the big problem here #obviously.#and some discussions of imperialism go way too hard on sanctifying Nation Building and focus on the encroachment on a State rather than.#well. the idea that Killing People Is Bad and Extraction Is Bad.#but its also so fucking evil to like. have such a short memory about what created these conditions and then act like theyre innate because #of racism and western supremicism and just generally #idk a good word for it like. civcentricism? civilized supremacy?

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