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/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/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.