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minus-squareGenEcon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·8 months agoExcept for China being the colonizer now.
minus-squarenaturalgasbad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·8 months agoI mean, Canadian colonizers today use the (romanized) First Nations names of Squamish, Tsawwassen, and Chilliwack. Moving names closer to their origins is a good thing.
minus-squareGenEcon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoBut thats something the country should decide – and not something the next colonizer decides.
minus-squarenaturalgasbad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·8 months agoTwo questions: How do you define colonialism? Do you understand how the CPC functions as a government? How responsibilities are delegated from national to provincial and regional governments? How those governments are elected?
Except for China being the colonizer now.
I mean, Canadian colonizers today use the (romanized) First Nations names of Squamish, Tsawwassen, and Chilliwack.
Moving names closer to their origins is a good thing.
But thats something the country should decide – and not something the next colonizer decides.
Two questions:
How do you define colonialism?
Do you understand how the CPC functions as a government? How responsibilities are delegated from national to provincial and regional governments? How those governments are elected?