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Dutch self-image challenged as country confronts its colonial past
(www.theguardian.com)
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Not that. Most of the Western world has a shocking history that must be used to remind us of what we can be capable of. Some nations however are at different places. The UK is particularly challenging (on average) compared to other places.
How does the UK factor into this story and how is it relevant?
Not the person you're replying to, but I've lived in both the Netherlands and the UK.
My experience is that the UK is far more in denial about the crimes of empire than the Netherlands.
Most European countries have a shameful colonial history. Many haven't fully come to terms with it.
No... they haven't. Colonialism is not the past... it's the present. And the Netherlands still benefit from it to this very day.