>>and 2) the social origins of the
>>>anti-colonial leaders help explain the disappointing course of
>>>post-independence life, which often involves betrayal, exploitation,
>>>and repression.
>>
>>
>>I don't know if you could make a fine-grained correlation, but like
>>you said, this doesn't invalidate the critique of imperialism, so
>>it's a red herring.
>
>If the critique of imperialism comes from a class that just wants to
>set up its own despoterie, then it's not a red herring at all. It
>matters a lot, especially to the masses that are taken in by the
>fraud.
Why criticize their class position rather than the actual substance of their critique of imperialism (which of course reflected the kind of state they envisioned) ?
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