jlilleoere 🇪🇺

Observing / Education

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

There is great confusion about what Decolonization and indeed Colonization means.
The fact is: it means very little except 'a culture or mindset you dont like.' For whatever reason. And that usually means: the West. Since the West decolonized long ago, it really means the Western liberal democracies. It is a smart criticism because it means nothing, and hence it is hard to disagree with nothing and furthermore since the West itself is embroiled in a mix of moral fuddlement, political paralysis and cultural self hatred, you can be sure that Western leaders are very embarrassed by the very use of the word and many in the West will actually agree - even though they are not sure what they are agreeing with. it is a very useful rhetorical tool because Westerns are always going to be worried to answer in any meaningful way other than guilt and shame; and it is a growing industry - perfect for endless conferences. Like this one.
The reality of empires and colonies is something else entirely.
In early modern times, the Ottoman Turks conquered colonized enslaved exploited murdered and forcefully converted millions and ruled a vast tricontinental empire for four centuries; the Western powers led by Spain Portugal France and Britain later joined by Italy Germany Belgium also conquered colonized enslaved exploited murdered and converted using missionaries huge empires across the continents.
The Iberians lost much of their empires first; the Ottoman sultanate-caliphate started to decolonize with the Greek war of independence in 1820s and totally disintegrated in 1918; the British and French decolonized between 1940s and Sixties.
You could argue the Americans and Soviets comported themselves like anti-imperial imperialists during the Cold War and after - and indeed today's America toys at times with neo-tsarist expansionism - Greenland etc .
Thats it - noone in the Legacy Powers Britain or France etc seems keen on colonizing anything now; there are almost no colonizations left to decolonize - though many love to denounce their own country's past which is for some a most enjoyable enriching and virtuous pastime.
But in real life, empire and colonization are happening, often perpetrated by the very proponents of antiWest rhetoric. Russia is attempting to retake its limotrophic empire in Ukraine right now the old -fashioned way: by conquest and killing; a phalanx of Middle East neo-imperial powers are engaged in tournaments of power in failing states like Somalia, Libya and benighted Sudan; Iran established an informal empire across Iraq Syria Lebanon Yemen in its Six Armies strategy - its final destiny as yet undecided on the battlefield of the Third Gulf War; and Turkish leaders now regularly and openly declare their wish to reassert Ottomanist power in former Ottoman vilayets Syria Lebanon Israel, and former Ottoman cities Damascus Beirut Jerusalem....
So imperialism and colonialism just mean: other people, but never you.

[sasha @lobotosasha]

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[Mark Gadala-Maria @markgadala]

Love this.

A day in the life of different planets in our solar system brought to life using AI.

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Yes.

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[jlilleoere 🇪🇺 @WifstrupL]

Tysk diagnose af vores tid. #dkpol #dkmedier

[Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki @MatthewWielicki]

As New Yorkers contemplate socialism today. A quick reminder from someone born in the People's Republic of Poland 👇.

[Heidi Bachram @HeidiBachram]

The Brandenburg Gate in Germany lit up tonight in solidarity with Israel and the hostages. We can’t even keep ribbons up for more than a minute in this country.

@N12News

[Steffen Larsen @S_B_Larsen]

Når urimelige antagelser bliver ekstremismens brændstof

I et vestligt, liberalt samfund er det rimelige udgangspunkt, at vores medmennesker er civiliserede. Det betyder, at vi bør antage, at folk er tolerante og ordentlige, indtil det modsatte er bevist. Derfor er det også helt urimeligt at påstå, at andre som udgangspunkt er racister, folkemordstilhængere, klimaødelæggere eller noget lignende. For de færreste ønsker et folkemord, de færreste er racister, og de færreste vil ødelægge vores jord.

Desværre ser vi en voksende tendens blandt venstrefløjens demonstranter og ekstremister til at vende denne logik på hovedet. De antager per definition det værste om alle, der ikke deler deres synspunkter. Uenighed bliver til et bevis på, at man er "ond" – hvor "ond" bare er et placeholder for racist, folkemordstilhænger eller værre. Det svarer til at mene, at alle der ikke konstant forsikrer om, at de ikke er pædofile, må være det. Det er en absurd logik.

Når man starter med en så urimelig antagelse, gør man hele samfundet til sin fjende. Det ser vi i udtalelser som fra Frie Grønnes Niels Brinch, der mente, at 168 medlemmer af Folketinget burde fængsles for "folkemord". En fuldkommen grotesk påstand uden nogen form for belæg. Ingen i Folketinget støtter folkemord. Alligevel bruges den slags anklager til at retfærdiggøre en ekstremistisk virkelighedsforståelse, hvor verden deles op i de rene og de onde.

Denne selvretfærdige logik fortsætter i handlinger. Da en mand løb ind i målområdet under en Tour de France-etape for at demonstrere for Palæstina, satte han både ryttere og tilskuere i fare. Vagten, der naturligt tacklede ham og smed ham ud, gjorde blot sit arbejde for at sikre et fredeligt cykelløb. Alligevel mente Frie Grønnes Rajesh Holmen, at det var vagten – og ikke demonstranten – der var problemet. Dermed vendes ret og rimelighed på hovedet: aktivisten, der skaber fare, ophøjes til helt, mens den, der beskytter uskyldige, gøres til skurk.

Ligeledes har vi i vores broderland Sverige, netop set demonstranter forfølge, skrige ”folkemord” og chikanere den svenske civilforsvarsminister Carl-Oskar Bohlin, så han ikke kunne komme hjem, da han af sikkerhedsmæssige årsager bor med hemmelig adresse. Igen ses flere forsvare denne stalking, som det at stalke og videooptage hvor et potentielt terrormål bevæger sig, at det er en uskyldig handling.

Vi ser samme mønster i nægtelsen af at tage afstand fra Hamas og andre terrororganisationer. Det er en logik, der har sprængt Enhedslisten indefra og skabt nye grupperinger som "Rødt Venstre", der fortsætter med at legitimere "modstandskampen", selv når den består i massemord og terror.

Det er netop denne kombination af islamisk og venstreekstrem tankegang, vi må frygte. For vi har set det før. I 1980’erne med Islamisk Jihads terrorangreb i København og Amsterdam. I Blekingegadebandens vold, røverier og mord. Det starter med ekstreme påstande, vokser i en kultur af selvretfærdighed og ender alt for ofte i vold.

Når man først accepterer, at uskyldige må ofres for sagen, er der kun et lille skridt til, at volden bliver et legitimt redskab. Det er præcis derfor, vi må tage denne udvikling alvorligt – ikke fordi folk er uenige politisk, men fordi en del af venstrefløjens aktivister er i gang med at forvandle uenighed til et spørgsmål om godt og ondt. Den logik er ikke bare urimelig. Den er farlig.
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New data on A-Levels by gender:-

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[jlilleoere 🇪🇺 @WifstrupL]

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[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

"Often university administrations indulge students who think that it's a legitimate form of expression to occupy buildings and eject deans from their offices, to obstruct passageways, to invade classrooms chanting slogans over bullhorns. Even if you are a First Amendment advocate, there are legitimate restrictions on time, place, and manner of expression of speech. I'm fully in favor of public expression of opinions, but that doesn't mean that I want someone invading my bedroom chanting, you know, build the wall at 3 a.m. There are legitimate grounds for preserving private spaces, and universities ought to have a consistent policy of not allowing students to shut down the university, invade classrooms, take over libraries, and so on."

[jlilleoere 🇪🇺 @WifstrupL]

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[Sofie Löwenmark @SofieLowenmark]

"Muslimska brödraskapet polariserar samhället i Europa genom att försöka få muslimer att hålla sig på sin kant, säger Mohamed Fahmi, ledande expert på islamism i Belgien. ”De underblåser rasism och spelar samtidigt en offerroll”.
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[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

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