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[–] Enk1@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love that you name-drop the US when it was the English, Spanish, Dutch, and French that raped every continent and genocided entire cultures before the idea of the United States even existed.

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ok. But the US did exist during westward expansion. America is a pretty modern look at colonialism. The "USA" territory was originally untouched by westward expansion. It therefore functions as a super recent, unmuddied, look at colonialism. It's a good example.

[–] mellejwz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

So basically they had enough examples to learn from, but completely ignored it and do the same?