Blaming colonialism is used by many corrupt, incompetent post-colonial governments to distract people from their own corrupt incompetence. It's like with Putin blaming NATO and the West for everything.
Source: I am from a corrupt, incompetent post-colonial country
14 Comments
Rubisco@slrpnk.net · 34 pts · 1y
Needs a few more pinkish colors to differentiate factions.
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one · 12 pts · 1y
Yeah this map is dogshit. In fact, using actual dog shit would've made this map easier to read.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Karen National Army vs. Karen National Liberation Army sounds like something from Monty Python.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Was just about to say, that’s People’s Front of Judea material right there
potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish · 13 pts · 1y
Thats crazy how many factions there are, are some of them allied or is it just anarchy?
rimu@piefed.social · 9 pts · 1y
It's the State Administration Council with it's 4 factions Vs the rest.
Looks like mostly tribal/ethnic groups although Karen seems split into two.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Even Karens don't like other Karens
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
I guess the rivers in this country are used as defensive obstacles in this war …
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 1y
Oh look, another product of Western colonialism gone to shit.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 1y
They've had their independence for 77 years. After a while, I think blaming colonialism is a bit reductive.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
Blaming colonialism is used by many corrupt, incompetent post-colonial governments to distract people from their own corrupt incompetence. It's like with Putin blaming NATO and the West for everything.
Source: I am from a corrupt, incompetent post-colonial country
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I think you need to look at the history of Myanmar if you think there is nothing to blame the British for here.
yetiftw@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
77 years is just not that long in the grand scheme of things
YogurtAddict@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
No, it's because of ethnic and tribal reasons, not colonialism.