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USA already had its genocidal expansionist moment as a nation before the great World Wars. An entire continent ethnically cleansed and replaced with Anglo settl
by pphysch 5y ago
USA already had its genocidal expansionist moment as a nation before the great World Wars. An entire continent ethnically cleansed and replaced with Anglo settlers. Of course, there was no one to hold it accountable as with the Germans and Japanese. This greatly inspired 20th century fascist thinkers around the world, including Adolf Hitler.
Lebensraum, spazio vitale, manifest destiny.
Even ignoring that, if "nationalism" does not include the massive public projects and social cohesion of 1930s-50s USA, then frankly you have a bizarre definition of nationalism.
- wolverine876 5y agoMore outrageous, aggressive claims, that somehow it's up to me to address. It's up to you to establish them; otherwise, it's just some words.
- pphysch 5y agoIt is a basic fact that the virtual entirety of North America was ethnically-cleansed and settled by Europeans in the last 500 years.
- wolverine876 5y agoIf you say it's a 'basic fact', who can disagree?
- pphysch 5y agoThat is indeed how facts work.