The decision follows a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists, sparking angry demonstrations across Muslim countries.
They certainly did not - on he contrary, they just refined the system of exploitation, or why do you think the “west” is rich while most “former” colonies and are still poor in 2023? The over average wealth of the west is not just materializing from thin air but is taken from elsewhere -where it´s missing then- most of the time by malicious foreign politics and economic exploitation and often with military force, pretty similar to how the west did it during the age of classic colonialism.
If you feel like learning something about Neo-colonialism you might start with:
They kinda moved on since then? Which is the whole point of this ordeal.
They certainly did not - on he contrary, they just refined the system of exploitation, or why do you think the “west” is rich while most “former” colonies and are still poor in 2023? The over average wealth of the west is not just materializing from thin air but is taken from elsewhere -where it´s missing then- most of the time by malicious foreign politics and economic exploitation and often with military force, pretty similar to how the west did it during the age of classic colonialism.
If you feel like learning something about Neo-colonialism you might start with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_and_Debt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man