The West is largely responsible for inter-ethnic conflicts
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This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.
This argument is an objection to Europe is not responsible for religious or ethnic conflicts in Africa or the Middle East.
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Summary
In colonizing Africa, the Western powers themselves arbitrarily drew the borders of the colonized countries without asking their opinion or taking into account the distribution of ethnic groups. In so doing, they paved the way for the acute inter-ethnic conflicts that continue to this day.