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Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence Indonesia

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about confronting it's colonial present? Last time I checked, the colonialist world order that underpins the wealth of the Global North hasn't ended.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it means losing those colonies

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Last time I checked, big foreign corporations are still looting and pillaging all over Africa as if independence never happened... I wonder why?

edit: This includes Shell, a Dutch corporation, btw.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing relative weakness of the governments and rampant corruption.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah... tons of bribe money will do that to the governments of weak nations - it's almost like Cuba had the correct idea.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cuba should start bribing those governments to stick it to the West