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There is some weird kind of selective amnesia in the west, we at the same time downplay our achievements and put the focus on our perceived errors. While everybody else is doing the exact opposite, so not only we teach our kids to hate themselves we give good reasons for others to do so as well.

It's as if the only empires that existed were Europeean and the only slaves that existed were from the atlantic trade

Ironic given how basically every civilisation did similar things, Europeans were just better at it for a small time but before them Arabs had a good go at it too, not even mentioning the Chinese empire. The whole world and its history is a shit show, just because you're at the tip of one of the remaining branch doesn't mean you have to hate your country and everything it did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almohad_Caliphate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Asia#:~:text=Slaver....



> There is some weird kind of selective amnesia in the west, we at the same time downplay our achievements and put the focus on our perceived errors.

There are those and those, and each side says something like this about the other, the real minority is realistically seeing the whole picture.

Also self-reflection isn't a bad thing, we can only change ourselves and then influence others (hopefully without force :)).


> Also self-reflection isn't a bad thing

Of course, but you can't call yourself a victim 24/7 while at the same time not acknowledging other countries/religions/whatever faults.

It's rarely black nor white, and the shade of grey varies depending on which side and which period you're born into


Arabs had a good go at it? As in past tense?

Last I checked slavery is still very common in many arab nations as we speak?




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