The topic of Colonialism,Neo-Colonialism and Decolonization

[Rafael Thundercat]

On 08/04/2025 at 11:21 AM, Twentyfirst said:

have no problem calling people of the global south yellow, brown, or black people 

Is less about what do you call a person ot group and more about that systemically was and is done towards them. Is ok to go as a Jesuit to Amazon and call those people brown but to kill them in the name of Religion and Stop them to do their rituals because Jesuits think is demonic, this is colonialism. Same with what the Puritans, Calvinists and other White people did to the People of Turtle Island 

[Rafael Thundercat]

13 hours ago, Basman said:

You clearly have an anti-western bias. I don't know if your Muslim or something. You bring up some interesting points like western bias in spiral dynamics but it comes of as in bad faith rather than genuine interest in learning. Nor do you do meaningfully contribute to the conversation as you rebuke obvious and basic stuff. It should be obvious that spiral dynamics isn't a moral judgement.

I'm not going to waste my time on your trolling anymore.

This is for @Twentyfirst 

 if you can’t shut up about yourself, hijack conversations to make them about you, never listen or ask questions, never contribute anything meaningful and treat every convo like a mirror—step the fuck down. 

I  done applauding emotional toddlers in adult bodies who never learned how to listen. your unmet need for validation isn’t a license to center yourself in every space.

real connection requires reciprocity. awareness. care. the willingness to decenter. if you can’t offer that, you’re not building community—you’re performing for a captive audience that never asked to be here. and you need more than a loud voice to contribute. you need an open mind.

so unless you’re ready to actually show up, listen, and engage beyond your own reflection—exit stage right. keep your worthless commentary to yourself.

Edited April 9 by Rafael Thundercat

[Rafael Thundercat]

13 hours ago, Basman said:

You bring up some interesting points like western bias in spiral dynamics but it comes of as in bad faith

Thank you for adding the term Bad Faith. It made me search and learn a new thing 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_faith

Also made me find this crazy Documentary also linked with the topic.

https://www.badfaithdocumentary.com/

Yes Christianity or Dogmatic Christianity is also part of the Combo of Colonization. Rememberimg that was mostly the Protestants that came to The New Word with Their extremist way of being. Remembering that Columbus came not alone to the New World and Imediately Renamed the places he passed by (  New Hispania for example) the Colonizers used of bad faith with the locals, playing deception. They were welcomed in the tribes and later started to explore and demonize and kill. Colonizer Spirit is a Spirit, some indigenous call Wetiko. 

 

 

Edited April 9 by Rafael Thundercat

[Rafael Thundercat]

for interested check this. Also: 

Paulo Freire

Franz Fanon

Dr Kimberlé Crenshaw Critical Race Theory

Decoloninzing Therapy Book by Jennifer Mullan. 

 

[Rafael Thundercat]

How Europe Underdevelopted AfricA

Of course some will deny it. Corruption 101

 

[Husseinisdoingfine]

If you're interested on the topic of how capitalism steals value from poorer nations, then I highly recommend these following books.

[Rafael Thundercat]

@Husseinisdoingfine thank you. 

[Rafael Thundercat]

This is where I connect the Religious movement with Capitalistic, Materialistic Movement. Remembering that Protestants( Puritans) Calvinists etc.. are mostly the ones that were involved in the Foundation of US. 

 

[Rafael Thundercat]

This expands on the topic of the video above. Not in the beggining but around the middle of the video when Tarnas speaks about Copernican Revolution and Martin Luther. This one touch on the journey of the Western Mind

 

[Rafael Thundercat]

One thing I like about studing Colonialism and History overall is that at same time one study it one is able to see the topic of Bias. For example, when study Colonization one will eventually stumble in Columbus travels and what he did 

We find people that are apologists and people who are not

 

In the end, the issue with study death people is that we only have acess to hear say. Not so different than social media today. Imagine 100 years from now reading about Trump,Vance,Tate,Jordan Peternson,Joe Rogan,Russel Brand etc.. we will find many different views. The Truth? Well. The truth will be very weird, depending from who we are reading.

 

[Rafael Thundercat]

This one may not sound like alligned with Decolonization topic. But it is. Why? It is made clear by the end of the video. 

Colonization here conects with Liberalism