Matt Taibbi

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5/5/2024, 9:29:39 PM
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John Rain
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@toucheclancey @mtaibbi Mostly in his head
William de la Touche Clancey
@toucheclancey
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@JohnRain280682 @mtaibbi Where did Kipling live?
John Rain
@JohnRain280682
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@mtaibbi “Settlers” not required. The British did this all over the planet. Some places they colonized (Americas) some places they didn’t (India, China.) shouldn’t you know this stuff???
John Rain
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@mtaibbi Of course you can. You can militarily control, develop a local ruling class under your control, get hold of pertinent resources and then have the subject local population direct the resources back to the metropole. Classic form of colonialism
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
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Who invented the term “settler colonialism”? It’s redundant. Can you have colonialism without settlers?
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@Rebelofakind
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@mtaibbi Respectfully, "I don't know a lot about this issue" is a bullshit excuse. 1/ bc you don't actually HAVE to have intimately studied the decades of tit-for-tat in order the understand the very basic, underlying concepts of ethnic cleansing, genocide, settler colonization, apartheid

The statement '@JohnRain280682 @toucheclancey Not a Kipling fan I take it.' is a brief, conversational reply within a larger discussion about colonialism and its definitions. The statement itself does not substantively engage with the public issues being discussed but rather makes a light, possibly humorous comment about another participant's views or knowledge of Rudyard Kipling, a writer often associated with British colonialism. This statement does not contribute significantly to the civic dialogue on colonialism, rather it appears to be a personal interjection in a broader conversation.