The left continues to condemn colonialism. Western nations taking over “third world” countries was indeed morally problematic and the source of many problems today in our “post-colonial” world. But today the left is championing a “new colonialism,” one that insists on imposing the modern West’s views of sexual permissiveness, contraception, and abortion on cultures that recoil from them. Now Pope Francis is speaking out against this “ideological colonialism.”
Maybe this will encourage the left to abandon multi-culturalism and moral relativism! Then again, those are the ideas they are trying to impose on traditional cultures.
From Grazie Pozo Christie, Pope Africa Visit — Condemns Ideological Colonialism | National Review Online:
Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Africa last week, having received exuberant welcomes in Uganda, Kenya, and the Central African Republic. Before departing the continent, during a visit to Kangemi, a slum in Nairobi, the pontiff alluded to how the rich and powerful West continues to exercise its considerable influence on the African nations. Specifically, he condemned “ideological colonialism”: the relentless effort by the West to impose its values regarding family and sexuality on the African people as a condition of economic assistance.