The decolonization of political theory
Overcoming the false idea of term limits as unconditionally democratic
The October 4 edition of the Cuban news discussion program Mesa Redonda was dedicated to the issue of cultural colonialism. I take the program as the point of departure for today’s commentary, which addresses issues raised in “Evo leads mass mobilization in Bolivia: What does division in the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) mean?” September 1, 2024.
The European conquest and colonial domination of the world from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries was the culmination of a historic human tendency, beginning with the agricultural revolution in several areas of the world more than five thousand years ago. I refer to the human tendency of conquest and domination of other nations and peoples, establishing advances in civilization using the resources obtained. As a result of human technological advances in all spheres of human activity, the modern European conquest of the world was greater in depth and scope. It involved military conquest in all regions of the world, the es…