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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Correct the mistakes of my ancestors.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Can you elaborate on what mistakes they did?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Not necessarily them personally but previous generations of British colonialism really (deliberately) screwed over the indigenous people in my country in a multitude of ways.

Every descendant generation since has benefitted from that to the detriment of indigenous generations. I, and my children, benefit from it daily with superior schooling, housing, health, wealth, etc.

Even the smallest things (e.g. voting for progressive government, volunteering, learning the language and culture, advocacy) that I can do to helps mitigate some of that harm.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

LOL I'm even a java developer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Remarkable. Why do you think it's you that should do that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

That's just kicking the can down the road.