Are you just not capable of viewing a conflict as anything other than absolute good vs absolute evil? Are you a person that believes the ends always justify the means? Who then gets to decide which ends are the most just?
I’m Anti-colonialist anti-imperialist and anti-fascist. I believe every human deserves human rights. I support those who fight against their oppressors in order to gain emancipation and independence. Violence doesn’t come out of nowhere, to understand where it comes from you need material analysis. To end anti-colonialist violence, you need to first end the violence of colonialism. That is the root cause of anti-colonial violence. It’s not that difficult to understand, especially if you try to read and understand the works of those who fought against colonialism and imperialism.
I don’t disagree with any of that, but the way you phrase it seems to imply that any and all actions taken by the oppressed group are inherently justified. Is that the case, or would you say that there are still limits?
I’m not interested in justification, that sidelines the root causes of the issue. If the violent actions of the oppressed are concerning, which is a completely understandable position, the focus still needs to center on the violent actions of the oppressor (the root cause) which are also magnitudes worse both in brutality and scale.
I don’t personally agree with every action every resistance has ever done, but that doesn’t matter. If I want an end to the violence, which I do, I know the focus of my attention needs to be on ending the root cause of the violence.
This has been the case with every anti-colonialist movement. Ireland, Vietnam, Algeria, ect. Something Franz Fanon has studied, understood, and explained incredibly well.
Are you just not capable of viewing a conflict as anything other than absolute good vs absolute evil? Are you a person that believes the ends always justify the means? Who then gets to decide which ends are the most just?
I’m Anti-colonialist anti-imperialist and anti-fascist. I believe every human deserves human rights. I support those who fight against their oppressors in order to gain emancipation and independence. Violence doesn’t come out of nowhere, to understand where it comes from you need material analysis. To end anti-colonialist violence, you need to first end the violence of colonialism. That is the root cause of anti-colonial violence. It’s not that difficult to understand, especially if you try to read and understand the works of those who fought against colonialism and imperialism.
I don’t disagree with any of that, but the way you phrase it seems to imply that any and all actions taken by the oppressed group are inherently justified. Is that the case, or would you say that there are still limits?
I’m not interested in justification, that sidelines the root causes of the issue. If the violent actions of the oppressed are concerning, which is a completely understandable position, the focus still needs to center on the violent actions of the oppressor (the root cause) which are also magnitudes worse both in brutality and scale.
I don’t personally agree with every action every resistance has ever done, but that doesn’t matter. If I want an end to the violence, which I do, I know the focus of my attention needs to be on ending the root cause of the violence.
This has been the case with every anti-colonialist movement. Ireland, Vietnam, Algeria, ect. Something Franz Fanon has studied, understood, and explained incredibly well.