So, imperialism. Which is what Western powers also did openly until the 1960s TBH, and less openly until today. Let's hope that Xi is less deluded than Putin and realizes that cooperation is better than confrontation. And the West has to try to remove some of the eggs from the Chinese basket and put them somewhere else...
> Which is what Western powers also did openly until the 1960s TBH
Sure. I wasn’t born then. But I would like to think society and governments have grown up since then and we can agree that invasion is wrong. Abuse of power is wrong.
Britain has given up a lot of what it took. It has no control or say in australia or New Zealand. It gave HK back. Left Singapore, Myanmar, India. Etc.
Obviously we can’t change what happened. None of us on HN or our families etc had any say in what happened for generations before we were born.
But in 2023 we should be at a point where we can acknowledge it’s wrong and stop it from happening.
In 1999 australia also voted to maintain its ties with Britain. But because of 1975 Britain has less powers in australia. When was the last time Britain interfered with Australia to a large extent?
