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I’d imagine states without colonial pasts weren’t more moral, they just lacked the resources and/or opportunities.
So going by that logic, countries that were colonised before by western powers would’ve done the same thing if they had the same resources? Not that I don’t agree with that, I’m just trying to figure out what you mean
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It’s not about morality, it’s about having a damn clue. Shared traumas matter.
At least two of the BRICS countries have a colonial present, so this demand is rather hypocritical.
Historical sticklers could also note that Latvia had a brief past as a colonial power. The Duchy of Courland, an antecedent to Latvia, held territory on the island of Tobago in the Caribbean and on the Gambia River in West Africa in the mid-1600s.
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Yet nowhere in that statement they said that Latvia should be the one to lead the talks. So it’s just shifting the focus.
There are a few obvious wrinkles in his plans. Poland, for example, is probably the most significant European country without a past as a colonial power in Africa, Asia or South America but politicians from around the world will not be blind to some of Warsaw’s latest pronouncements on migration. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki recently said he wants to hold a referendum asking citizens whether they support the arrival of “thousands of illegal migrants coming from the Middle East and Africa.”
So which European country that isn’t racist and doesn’t have a colonial past?
Ireland doesn’t have a colonial past, except in the being colonised sense. While no country is completely without racism, Ireland doesn’t have any racist policies or prime ministers calling for referenda on immigration. Fairly small population though.
Challenge level: impossible
It’s not a horrible idea.
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Latvia wants to join BRICS now
It’s fine if its Ireland.
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That’s a rich ask. There will always be anti-Russia sentiment in Baltic countries due to occupation and deportations to Siberia.
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I’m not sure what you are talking about. They are literally not asking to join BRICS. And Latvia is part of NATO.
Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Argentina, Ethiopia are joining BRICS and Europe wants have diplomatic relations with them like everyone else and Latvia’s PM said that other countries that doesn’t have colonial past should lead the conversation (and then he used France’s colonial past as an example) .
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