EDIT: I’m interested in how a free Palestine would play out in terms of what that would mean for women, gays, children, people of non-muslim religions, in terms of personal freedoms, etc. For the average citizen/denizen what would that look like?

  • SunlitSorceress@lemmy.mlEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    So the wonderful thing about anti-colonial movements is that even if they start right wing they have to get more left wing as time progresses, simply due to the power dynamics that are created through the process of throwing out the imperialists.

    This is a bizarre claim.

    Congo got more right-wing shortly after independence. So did Tanzania.

    Ireland fought a civil war against its anti-colonial left to ensure a right-wing state.

    India is now very right wing after independence.

    You’re stating this like some sort of rule of history.

    • OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
      22·
      3 months ago

      You’re describing neo-colonial regimes that werent able to fully leave the imperialist economic structure.

      Compare India to Cuba on women’s and lgbt rights