The current decolonisation of westernised ideology that's doing the rounds in South Africa and which is being ridiculed brutally (oftentimes understandably given the idiotic ranting that we see on social media and newswires) - is it such a radical and stupid concept in reality?
We must presuppose that the world in which we live is on the pinnacle of success and balance as driven by westernised culture and if that were the case then all well and good - no argument.
But it isn't. It's anything but and I can't believe there's anyone among us that would assert we've created a workable model across the board.
It's broken.
The decolonise concept is, for me at least, actually quite simple but is being perverted fad-like by
those who seek to use this mantle for other agendas and/or those who
misrepresent the ideology through ignorance.
The
problems that westernised thinking and culture have manifested (and we
must admit there are plenty especially through its colonisation model of
"civilisation") have resulted in a polarised world that's poised on the
brink of self destruction if we aren't very careful.
It's also pretty much been a my way or the highway state of governance and indoctrination that's been imposed from the get go.
I
think any rationally minded person would admit that we currently exist
in an unsustainable world model that's run by people we both distrust
and despise within governments that feel exclusive and dictatorial
regardless of this illusory concept of democracy which has been failing
for a very long time.
It's paradoxically exploitative
and perhaps that's being realised fundamentally by black people even
though the present government claims to represent them despite being
within this westernised construct.
The problem with all
of these worldview models is that they tend to be exclusive and
comparative and dismissive of any thinking or modality that doesn't fit
the prescribed worldview. And they all rely on the premise that the
majority are right and dissenters are fools, however, history repeatedly
shows us that the Mavericks change the world not the majority despite
the freethinkers being subjected to mass peer ridicule so much of the
time.
Materialist science is a great example of this -
it shapes everything in our current reality as it's the accepted norm
even when much of this thinking is based on ideas and "laws" that
emanated from the 16th and 17th centuries and aren't questioned
especially by scientists when much of that thinking is merely a
perpetuation of dogma and doesn't stand up to any real form of
scientific scrutiny. The establishment is unyielding and the dogma is
enforced almost militantly.
Check out Rupert Sheldrake's work in this regard - a scientist who continues to question everything.
I'm
all for a return to traditional ways and values that engenders
inclusivity and an unbiased evaluation of the plethora of cultures that
make up the whole. The sum may be greater than the parts but every part
is vital to the whole.
That isn't what the contemporary or legacy driven westernised worldview has created or perpetuates.
I agree. It needs to change but not to supplant one set of imposed dogmas for another.
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