• GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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      10 months ago

      this axis of evil is very funny to me because it’s just clearly from the American perspective…

      I hope America isn’t the only country that sees rampant human rights violations, state sponsored starvation, ethnic cleansing, and the destruction of female rights as evil. But if that’s truly the case, I’ll go ahead and subscribe to that criticism. I’m not sure taking a “That’s rich coming from the US!” stance here is the gotcha moment you think it is. The US isn’t without fault but, defending these groups from the labels they’ve been given by the West is like saying the term “death squads” is funny when referring to the Einsatzgruppen because the Allied powers also used toxic gasses during the first world war.

    • Relo@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      You could likewise say that it’s a ripple effect from russian and Chinese colonialism/imperialism.