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Keith Williams's avatar

Gotta wonder if the Chinese took lessons from Canada. Except of course, being China, why would they take lessons from us? Also, our residential schools were not very successful at making indigenous people not indigenous.

Russell McOrmond's avatar

Yes -- the rest of the world does lean oppressive techniques from the West, and sometimes uses "our" policies to try to protect themselves from Western expansion.

This is what happened with Japan, who adopted many Western ideologies in order to protect its independence from the West.

https://r.flora.ca/p/dangerous-and-divided-world

"Also, our residential schools were not very successful at making indigenous people not indigenous."

100% success rates in wiping out a Geno's is not part of the definition of genocide.

Canada's residential School systems caused considerable damage to many nationalities, many of which will take generations to recover once Canada takes its boots off their backs. Westerners don't recognize the harm being done because they generally don't consider the ideologies and institutions they identify with personally as harm.

UncleMac's avatar

Ah, yes, China... just the kind of folks Canada should form a strategic partnership with while spitting in the face of our closest ally, best customer which whom we share the world's longest undefended border. Elbows up!!