#decolonisation

[queen-of-thedamned-world]

Currently contemplating my religious beliefs:

And this moment in life, I don't not believe in an all knowing Godperson that is just and issues out punishments. I do believe there is a force that governs the universe which does not need to be worshiped. It keeps our feet on solid ground. It keeps the sun in the sky. It keeps cosmic order, etc. But no, I do not believe in or follow any religion.

[dougielombax]

Is there such a thing as colonialism induced brainrot?

(Not the funny kind of brainrot or any of those stupid memes!)

I’m half inclined to think so.

Given the shit some of my own people come out with.

I mean talk about self-loathing, Jesus Christ!

[benjaminwatchworld]

The Performance of Liberation

Benjamin WatchPan-Africanism · Identity · Critique · June 2026 OpinionWinterABC 2026 · Week 3 · Africa and Identity Mazrui · Rodney · Decolonisation · The Idea We Never Finished The Wigs We Still Wear Pan-Africanism without a plan is not liberation. It is a new mythology wearing the old chains as a necklace. Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu Development Watch Centre Benjamin Watch Blog June…

The Performance of Liberation

[soulakuarian]

Monuments of Pride : Delhi’s untold queer histories | BBC News India

[graveyardovergrowth]

I am beautiful

I'm beautiful when I wake up, and I'm beautiful when I go to sleep.

I'm beautiful in the torn fragments of a day, in which I cannot see, cannot speak. I'm beautiful when my hair is long and tatters framing a tightened face; I'm beautiful when it flows like blood and holds the curling paths of the wind.

I'm beautiful when I am ugly. I'm beautiful when I don't believe it.

I'm beautiful before I achieve a life by which I might show it. I'm beautiful before anybody sees it.

I am beautiful when I wake up: I am beautiful when I go to sleep.

[sameerkankali]

Oxfam reports the super rich in the Global North extracted over $30 million per hour from the Global South in 2024. So why does mainstream economics keep telling these countries they just need better institutions?

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven (Senior Lecturer in International Development, King's College London; co-author of Decolonizing Economics) explains how the economics discipline systematically erases colonialism, imperialism, and uneven development from its models — and what that erasure costs the majority of people on the planet.

[softie-draws]

Do you hate everyone who was born in Russia regardless of their views? And do you believe they should all pay for it, even if they’ve left and don’t pay taxes to the Russian government?

I hate Russia because I was born there and I know what it’s like — the system and the mentality. My family is of German origin, but they abandoned their heritage for this mess. I consider myself German and I support Ukraine.

Do you really hate every single person just because they were born in that “prison of nations”?

I have gotten quite a few asks these days, and I will answer them all in due time. However, I will answer this one first. Why? Cause

So, let's set up the facts straight. This is a very, VERY manipulative way to ask questions, as you are basically fishing for validation from a victim of your country's aggression and imperialism.

Like, my family and livelihood are at stake, y'know. I have every right to hate every russian under the sun for all I care, because this is about my safety. These people are literally killing my people.

But I will assume that you are just a well-meaning person from a German minority seeking to reconnect with their roots, abandon russia and support Ukraine. So I will try to answer those questions earnestly.

1. Do I hate each and every single person who was born in the "prison of nations", as you have correctly called it? No. Moreover, I know Ukrainians who were born there for different reasons and circumstances. There are even ethnic Russians that are currently fighting for Ukraine as Ukrainian citizens and I have nothing but respect for these people. Places people were born in, especially in the Soviet Union and immediately after were very weird anyways, and a nation has long ceased being an ethnic thing, it is now a political thing.

I also have a lot of respect for the Ichkerian government in exile, for example, and the people of Ichkeria and other minorities abroad fighting for Ukraine and supporting Ukraine. I'm pro-decolonisation. Duh.

2. Do I think that all russians have to "pay for it"? Duh. Yup. Absolutely. Because it is from their own irresponsibility and inability to act that the current regime still stands. Those living in russia will have to pay reparations (as I will mention in a different ask). For russians who have left and abandoned russia? Your payment is the sense of shame and de-imperialisation of your minds. It's the acceptance that russia is an empire state, and it cannot and should not exist as it is now, and I think it's a fair price to pay. An ideological price, or more like a logical conclusion to me.

3. In case you are asking me about the artists and any other russian creators I urge people to boycott — I think it is fair to do so. If you actively identify as a russian, accept payments through russian services like Boosty and such, yes, other people's art, including the minorities' art and Ukrainian art should always be prioritised. Because russia spent centuries literally destroying our cultures. We deserve to have our voices heard over russians. And yes, it includes the minorities from inside russia, but only if they are no longer in russia or supporting it. Because otherwise it will just transform into bombs onto Ukrainian heads, one way or the other, and further the russian regime.

If you are German, identify as German, you left russia, you no longer pay taxes there and you understand that russia is an empire that must cease to exist in its current state and give way to its minority nations to be independent and to leave Ukraine and other countries the fuck alone, I don't see what problems you may have.

But I also don't see why you seek my validation in this particular question.

I personally can't see myself interacting with anyone from russia under any normal circumstances. I just cannot. But then again, can you really blame me? russia really is a Nazi Germany of this century. I'm literally trying to protect myself.

Hope this helps and viel Erfolg bei der Dekolonialisierung deiner selbst!

(I hope I translated that right I haven't used German for four years)

[softie-draws]

The rant on Mykola Hohol, which I'm currently working on, can be summarised with "are you sure you want a Ukrainian to be "the father of russian realism"?

As we say in Ukraine, what a shameful suicide.