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by Chris2048 1509 days ago
> Sounds familiar

Yeah, it sounds like the faulty science & religious justifications of Colonialism - but only matters if the current science is also faulty.

Is modern climate the same as Colonial race science? Or do we only act on what things superficially appear to be / sound like?

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Residential schools in Canada were an effort to make sure the youth were formally educated as per Western standards (versus not even knowing how to read or write). That's not a faulty assumption, but it was terrible to use violence to force it on people using who never asked for it.

But it is pretty amazing how easily we can convince ourselves the oppression of others is for their own good, huh?

ok, premise: youth should be educated per Western standards

let's say that's a good premise.

Does that mean all implementations, whatever their details, are also good?

I don't think so. I don't think the logic follows.

> convince ourselves the oppression of others is for their own good, huh?

I' not sure I just did. You seem to have equated education to oppression by ignoring that not all education requires oppression. In fact, I think it's pretty telling that the crux of these matters (the oppression) is often a secret.