Wrong.
Liberation theology and self determination are not at all opposed to each other.
{...
Liberation theology is a
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed. In certain contexts, it engages
socio-economic analyses, with "social concern for the poor and political liberation for oppressed peoples".
[1] In other contexts, it addresses other forms of inequality, such as race or caste.
Liberation theology is best known in the
Latin American context,
[2] especially within Catholicism in the 1960s after the
Second Vatican Council, where it became the political
praxis of theologians such as
Gustavo Gutiérrez,
Leonardo Boff, and
Jesuits Juan Luis Segundo and
Jon Sobrino, who popularized the phrase "
preferential option for the poor". This expression was used first by Jesuit Fr. General
Pedro Arrupe in 1968 and soon after the World Synod of Catholic Bishops in 1971 chose as its theme "Justice in the World".
[3][4]
The Latin American context also produced
Protestant advocates of liberation theology, such as
Rubem Alves,
[5][6] José Míguez Bonino, and
C. René Padilla, who in the 1970s called for
integral mission, emphasizing
evangelism and
social responsibility.
...}
Societies apply the use of force, it can be physical, as in the physical slavery before the Civil War, or it can be economic slavery, such as segregation, monopolies, poll taxes, etc.
Individuals can not free themselves from external abuses, whether physical or economic.
Self determination can only begin AFTER a whole group has been liberated.
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