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The construction of logical arguments that “prove” colonial subjects were, on balance, better off, or that their present-day struggles are illogical holdovers from the past. It uses selective data and formal logic to argue that the ledger of history shows a net gain for the colonized.
Logicalization against the Victims of Western Colonialism and Imperialism Example: “If colonialism was so bad, why do all those people now want to immigrate to Europe? Logically, they are voting with their feet for the benefits of the system we built.” This logicalization ignores the systemic underdevelopment and border controls created by colonialism, using a false deduction to blame the victims for their own displacement.
by Abzugal February 8, 2026
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The treatment of colonialism’s legacy as a niche academic grievance, a political correctness fad, or a matter of simple statues and vocabulary. It reduces centuries of structural violence to a debate about “offense” or “changing names,” mocking demands for reparations or accountability as oversensitive.
Trivialization against the Victims of Western Colonialism and Imperialism Example: Calling for a museum to return looted artifacts and being told, “Get over it, it’s ancient history. Should we give back the Roman roads too?” This trivialization equates millennia-old infrastructure with recent, culturally sacred plunder, reducing a moral claim to a silly reductio ad absurdum.
by Abzugal February 8, 2026
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like a chicken voting for the Kentucky colonel

A voter supporting a candidate who will only do that voter (or others like them) harm once elected.

A chicken voting for Colonel Sanders might have made sense initially... the chicken is housed and fed. In the long run, the chicken is slaughtered, butchered, cooked and eaten.
Someone like Caitlin Jenner, a trans woman, voting to support a MAGA candidate is a prime example that looks like a chicken voting for the Kentucky colonel.

An analogous concept would be voting for the Leopards Eating Faces party and then acting shocked when the leopard eats *your* face. Why do people (or chickens) do this?
by bitchuck May 26, 2025
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