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The Myanmar Civil War, as of December 2024
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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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They've had their independence for 77 years. After a while, I think blaming colonialism is a bit reductive.
Colonialism is used by many corrupt, incompetent post-colonial governments to distract people from their own corrupt incompetence. It's like with Putin blaming NATO and the West for everything.
Source: I am from a corrupt, incompetent post-colonial country
I think you need to look at the history of Myanmar if you think there is nothing to blame the British for here.
77 years is just not that long in the grand scheme of things