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[–] sp3ctr4l 2 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Would you care to explain anything, or do you just want to have a hissy fit?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (10 children)

You don't read books or theory about colonialism, you don't look at the news or the current event, you give vibe based "analysis" of the situation, and you want me to explain the entirety of colonialism from beginning to end just because your lazy ass won't read Frantz Fanon.

[–] sp3ctr4l 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (9 children)

Ok so I actually have a degree in Poli Sci and another degree in Econ, I have read quite a lot of theory, often got into arguments with my NeoLiberal professors over things like the IMF, WorldBank, how to evaluate systemic risk in financial markets, the idea of bailing out Wall Street during the GFC instead of jailing them all as corrupt, as Iceland did, once got a bad mark on a paper about conflict goods because my PoliSci prof simply refused to acknowledge that US Army troops were guarding opium farms in Afghanistan, independently sought out and studied modern Marxist economists outside of the scope of course work, etc etc.

I want you to explain, in a couple sentences, or paragraphs if you need to... how the situation I described above either is not settler colonialism, or is a wildly innacurate mischaracterization of the situation, or some mix of both.

Not just yell 'read theory!' at me and give me an author name.

I do not need the entire concept of settler colonialism explained to me. I am familiar with it.

If you've read and understood Fanon, you should be able to... you know, make that argument.

Succinctly.

In your own words.

Otherwise you're just a pretentious hipster, arrogantly name dropping authors and scoffing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)
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