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  • Commiejones
    13·
    17 天前

    Its also on the internet archive.org

    The work of the colonist is to make even dreams of liberty impossible for the colonized. The work of the colonized is to imagine every possible method for annihilating the colonist. On the logical plane, the Manichaeanism of the colonist produces a Manichaeanism of the colonized. The theory of the “absolute evil of the colonist” is in response to the theory of the “absolute evil of the native.” The arrival of the colonist signified syncretically the death of indigenous society, cultural lethargy, and petrifaction of the individual. For the colonized, life can only materialize from the rotting cadaver of the colonist. Such then is the term-for-term correspondence between the two arguments.

    This bit goes hard.

    I had to look around a bit to figure out what “Manichaeanism” means exactly. Its a religious idea that the world is not ruled by a god of goodness but that it is a battleground between good and evil. So the next line spells out what he means in this context.

  • 小莱卡English
    8·
    12 天前

    “colonialism only loses it’s hold when the knife it’s at it’s throat”.

    Epic quote, i can understand why western leftists do not enjoy this book.