Interesting. I would say that you ARE directly impacted by colonialism, just not as the colonised subject. But colonialism also colonises the mind of the coloniser, and directly impacts those belonging in other ways to the colonising group, through alienation, dissonances, challenges of various sorts.
“Something else most of us know by now is that there is something called the “Israel Lobby”, which is a vast, loosely connected network of organizations and people who are deeply invested in defending Israel against any criticism, and promoting it, dishonestly, as both a liberal democracy and invaluable ally to the United States and the West/Global north more broadly. “
He’s here on Substack. Christian convert and staunch “Israel is the bridgehead of civilisation in the sea of barbarism” proponent. His last article is free to read.
Interesting. I would say that you ARE directly impacted by colonialism, just not as the colonised subject. But colonialism also colonises the mind of the coloniser, and directly impacts those belonging in other ways to the colonising group, through alienation, dissonances, challenges of various sorts.
That’s a good point, I really just meant I haven’t lived the experience of a colonized subject and I had the sense that Fanon was writing for them.
“Something else most of us know by now is that there is something called the “Israel Lobby”, which is a vast, loosely connected network of organizations and people who are deeply invested in defending Israel against any criticism, and promoting it, dishonestly, as both a liberal democracy and invaluable ally to the United States and the West/Global north more broadly. “
AKA, inter alia, Danny Burmawi?
I don’t know who that is, but I have found “The Israel Lobby” by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt to be a valuable resource on the topic.
He’s here on Substack. Christian convert and staunch “Israel is the bridgehead of civilisation in the sea of barbarism” proponent. His last article is free to read.