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Meanwhile, people like this guy tried to pass it off as if we were afraid of the big bad colonialist telling us to trust him

Do you have a link? All I remember was a comment he made on Zuckerberg's post politely asking him to reconsider his approach and why it didn't work



http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/india-rejec...

FTA:

“At a broad level, it might be useful to really, really reckon with the history of western corporate powers enforcing their desires on a broad swath of the Indian population, especially India’s poorest,” he suggested. “There are things that India, Indians (and those of us in the diaspora) place a very high value on, for historical reasons, that should be obvious with some thought. A colonialist ‘Trust us, it’s for your own benefit’ pitch is a hard sell with good reason.


Thanks for the link.

I can see how you reached your conclusion but I didn't end up there after reading the bit you quoted. I think there's a more charitable take on what he said.


Thanks, I appreciate the measured reading.




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