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Dutch king makes historic apology for his country’s colonial past (www.politico.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

it acknowledges the crimes and that they were in fact bad things to do that we are not proud of, and it makes people feel better at 0 tangible cost to the netherlands

no one is suggesting that anyone alive today is at fault

i also dont know why you did some schpiel about how colonialism totally wasnt that bad if your real issue issue is apparently the lack of agency