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[dragonwriter]

> While imperial Britain has much to take blame for in South Asia, the partition is not really one of them.

I’m going to disagree; however little direct control they exert at that point, the imperial power always bears significant responsbility for the costs of problems that accompany imperial collapse.

[robocat → dragonwriter]

The problem is when we start creating stories that place groups of people as perpetual victims, or they play that rôle themselves.

It is hard to be honest about our faults and easy to blame others. Balance that against total erasure of the past - denial is rife.

The present controls the past.

[dragonwriter → robocat]

> The problem is when we start creating stories that place groups of people as perpetual victims, or they play that role themselves.

Recognize imperial powers’ blame for the adverse results of imperialism doesn’t do that, because blame is not exclusive.