(Some engagement with Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse and it’s implication for the Martial current). https://www.cser.ac.uk/team/luke-kemp/ I’ve experienced several independence-day celebrations in various countries—all celebrating independence from my own government. I’m used to grappling with the history of empire and the shabby excuses for contemporary global inequalities. And while that history is not without unabashed cruelty,…