although i have blocked people for that awful star trek theory that goes like, ‘the federation’s prime directive/non interference policy actually destroys cultures’ as if like, letting a culture fuck themselves up and fucking colonising them are equally bad

how do you take the middle path in an argument about colonialism. ‘sure invading a culture is bad, but imagine the awful things that could happen if we leave this native culture to its own devices?’ like how about we as white people avoid the fuck out of that narrative please and thank you