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Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence Indonesia

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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

How does the UK factor into this story and how is it relevant?

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Not the person you're replying to, but I've lived in both the Netherlands and the UK.

My experience is that the UK is far more in denial about the crimes of empire than the Netherlands.

Most European countries have a shameful colonial history. Many haven't fully come to terms with it.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Many haven’t fully come to terms with it.

No... they haven't. Colonialism is not the past... it's the present. And the Netherlands still benefit from it to this very day.

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