• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Because countries in the east would never ever do colonialism? Granted, “the west” was much better at it for quite a while, but please don’t act as if this is a western only issue, as if it’s a cultural flaw of western countries. This “post <insert pet peeve>” is tiring

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    4 months ago

    Sounds good to me. “western” as a phrase never really made sense to begin with.

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      4 months ago

      “western” as a phrase never really made sense to begin with.

      Substitute the word “western” with the word white and it starts making sense immediately - it’s the granddaddy of all dog whistles.