I think one still needs to acknowledge that cultural eradication is painfull to those whose culture is eradicated.
If this is necessary, then the basic courtesy would be to acknowledge the pain with empathy. ”Your ancestors were all fucking slavers so we are going to grind their memory to dust” is not really it.
Cultural eradication is always traumatic. You can’t heal the wounds by just saying to the victims ”your culture was evil anyway”.
Regardless if the culture objectively speaking was based on evil. The trauma will still be caused.
The question is not ”who is right and who is wrong” but how we view and analyze actions.
In general ”the end justifies the means so we really don’t care about civilian collateral” thinking is not considered anymore healthy way to do politics.
If this is necessary, then the basic courtesy would be to acknowledge the pain with empathy. ”Your ancestors were all fucking slavers so we are going to grind their memory to dust” is not really it.
Cultural eradication is always traumatic. You can’t heal the wounds by just saying to the victims ”your culture was evil anyway”.
Regardless if the culture objectively speaking was based on evil. The trauma will still be caused.
The question is not ”who is right and who is wrong” but how we view and analyze actions.
In general ”the end justifies the means so we really don’t care about civilian collateral” thinking is not considered anymore healthy way to do politics.