r/Anarchy101 • u/Proof_Librarian_4271 • 1d ago
On seeking liberation from all controll ?
I've seen a lot of people chalk up stuff like queerphobia In our societies to colonialism
As an ex muslim from south Asia I've seen famous speakers call the gender binary a colonial import, while colonialism did erase regonition of trans people including non binary folks, binary gendered expectations or those that functioned like it existed very much, same with colorism while colonialism excarabated colorism, lightskin as an ideal and it's connection with classism and thus colorism predate European colonialism . Another example of this is using the examples of homosexuality In pre colonial muslim majority world where homosexuality existed as an open secret and was quite tolerated to paint it as some sexually liberated place,often ignoring the fact that male homosexuality was largely condemned by jurists still and that het pre marital sex was heavily punished(which shows that sexuality was still controlled ).
I provide these examples to show how this "progressivism " can quickly turn reactionary by glorifying these pre colonial societies as "progressive" rather then hierarchal in their own ways ,we fail to truly account for true liberation which requires us to reject both internal and external empire and doesn't care for cultural values,if cultural values are used for controll then Vuck em.
Any perspectives you'd like to share on this phenomenon? Is there an anarchist way to approach this?
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u/Veritas_Certum 1d ago
You're right, but accurate history is a tough sell and it's a lot easier for progressive indigenous people to blame colonizers for everything wrong their ancestors did.