Philosophy is the new battleground in South Africa’s fight against colonialism

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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I find this interesting, but at the same time this is the type of divisive rhetoric that is now getting white farmers killed by the dozens in South Africa, as the government turns a blind eye.

What happened to South Africa by colonialists was abhorrent. I think it's great to promote South African culture and languages more. But we have to be careful about not demonizing the "opposition" in the process, because many innocent people get caught up when the label of "colonialist" gets expanded to encompass an entire race, especially when the events themselves and most of their supporters have long since passed.

It's good to right wrongs. But it's also good to avoid divide and conquer. So I feel conflicted about upvoting it.

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    [–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Controlling the mind seems to be the method for the few to control the many.

    Oh no doubt. Cattle are corralled by fences, humans are corralled by ideology.

    It's true that no group is exempt. It seems once a displaced group gets power, the pendulum begins to swing too far the other direction. And it just keeps going like that for all of human history.

    To continue the pendulum analogy, what we really need is a dampener.