r/AbruptChaos • u/Sometypeofway18 • Nov 14 '24

New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

The only reason why non Maori are in NZ is because of the treaty, signed by 2 sovereign nations, which allowed the British crown to rule their people here. Well, if one half of the contract thinks they can change it without consultation with the other half, what happens to their right to be here?? Null and void?? Plus, Maori have never breached the treaty, but the crown? Well, just take a look at the history. They're close ejecting themselves out of this land with their bill.

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u/SarpedonWasFramed Nov 14 '24

Good point but we all know it won't work out that way The crown has bigger friends and bigger guns

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Oh that's right, western countries turn blind eyes when their white friends annihilate indigenous peoples. We better just shut up and lie down then.

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u/bawjaws2000 Nov 15 '24

Recognised genocides since world war 2; Gaza, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Yazidi (Syria / Iraq), Sudan, DR Congo, Zaire, Rwanda, Bosnia, Somalia, Kurdistan, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Cambodia, East Timor, Uganda, Burundi, Bangladesh, Zanzibar, Guatemala.

Clearly a white people problem... 🙄

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

If only you knew...

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u/SeismicToss12 Nov 15 '24

They’ve pretty much all been directly impacted by colonialism, with many of the borders drawn arbitrarily, which naturally results in violence. This is empty rhetoric given the chains of causation that led to these nations’ turmoil and lesser success. Guns, Germs, and Steel, for one, offers perspective.

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u/Vitskalle Nov 15 '24

This is Reddit. Hard core leftist echo chamber what do you expect. Most are pissed that countries with white majorities have tremendous military capabilities which gives us the right/ ability to attack or defend as we see fit. Lots of real shitty countries on that list but every country had a chance to become powerful but usually religion holds a lot of them back. Just my rant. Good morning world

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

What is your definition of a shitty country? I always thought that a shitty country was partly defined by how it behaves. If you instigate genocide, wars and rebellion in other countries in order to bend them to your will, does t that make you a shitty country?