Decolonization seems to be a Trojan horse for a different type of Western colonization. It’s one thing to take western ideas and make them your own (Botswana). It’s another thing entirely when western influences try to attach themselves to peoples history and culture in order to change them into faithful subjects without a voice of their own.
Well, historically this whole "decolonisation" meme was pushed by non-Western influences from the socialist and "non-aligned" bloc. But you're right that nowadays it mostly survives in some parts of the West, such as elite academia. A zombie revenant of dead influencers' propaganda from decades past.
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Decolonization seems to be a Trojan horse for a different type of Western colonization. It’s one thing to take western ideas and make them your own (Botswana). It’s another thing entirely when western influences try to attach themselves to peoples history and culture in order to change them into faithful subjects without a voice of their own.
Well, historically this whole "decolonisation" meme was pushed by non-Western influences from the socialist and "non-aligned" bloc. But you're right that nowadays it mostly survives in some parts of the West, such as elite academia. A zombie revenant of dead influencers' propaganda from decades past.