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“Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan have no qualms about how many get slaughtered to further revolutionary movements. Frankopan calls the various Terrors of the French Revolution a “dodgy time.” Hirsch describes with glee the exhilaration Napoleon felt in blowing Frenchmen to pieces because they had opposing views. With relish it’s said “This is the thing about Napoleon, he doesn’t have a psychological commitment to human rights.” Is that not a flaw in his character then?
The podcasters indulge themselves in Occidentalism with Hirsch proclaiming: “what is different about the European empires is that they have lofty ideals, but impose their freedom by taking away the freedom of others.” The pod doesn’t actually seek to explore how different is this from other cultures? When non-European empires deprived people of their freedom, did they feel any better for their overlords nationality? What’s the legacy of Chinese imperialism for the Tibetans or Uygers? Didn’t the Oyo espouse any lofty ideals? Were the shackles worn by the millions enslaved by Arab slavers less chaffing than European designs? The pod examines Cecil Rhodes, but not the legacy of the East African slave trade; which wasn’t conducted by Europeans.”
FredTLW via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/07/24
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“A really fascinating and insightful podcast - so interesting. the only thing that I found eye rolling is that I don’t know if the writers past and present were/are fearful of discussing homosexuality or unaware of what it looks like so to speak, but the descriptors about Rhode’s sexuality is not...”Read full review »
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Australia ·
12/25/23
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“Listened, kept expecting it to become interesting after the preamble, but it’s all preamble. No rigour. No insight. No POV”
paul madeley via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
06/03/24
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“The gentleman presenter has odd intonation and sounds like he’s AI. The robots are taking over!”
gbuffry via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/30/23
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