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The Myanmar Civil War, as of December 2024 (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by YogurtAddict to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Needs a few more pinkish colors to differentiate factions.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah this map is dogshit. In fact, using actual dog shit would've made this map easier to read.

[–] Diplomjodler3 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Karen National Army vs. Karen National Liberation Army sounds like something from Monty Python.

[–] NOT_RICK 0 points 2 months ago

Was just about to say, that’s People’s Front of Judea material right there

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats crazy how many factions there are, are some of them allied or is it just anarchy?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's the State Administration Council with it's 4 factions Vs the rest.

Looks like mostly tribal/ethnic groups although Karen seems split into two.

[–] Agent641 4 points 2 months ago

Even Karens don't like other Karens

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I guess the rivers in this country are used as defensive obstacles in this war …

[+] FlyingSquid -11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh look, another product of Western colonialism gone to shit.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They've had their independence for 77 years. After a while, I think blaming colonialism is a bit reductive.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Blaming colonialism is used by many corrupt, incompetent post-colonial governments to distract people from their own corrupt incompetence. It's like with Putin blaming NATO and the West for everything.

Source: I am from a corrupt, incompetent post-colonial country

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 2 months ago

I think you need to look at the history of Myanmar if you think there is nothing to blame the British for here.

[–] yetiftw 1 points 2 months ago

77 years is just not that long in the grand scheme of things

[–] YogurtAddict 4 points 2 months ago

No, it's because of ethnic and tribal reasons, not colonialism.