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July 4th matters, even if you are not American. It represents the first non-imperialist great power. I’m not American by the way.
by osigurdson 4y ago
July 4th matters, even if you are not American. It represents the first non-imperialist great power.
I’m not American by the way.
- beebeepka 4y agoNon-imperialist at the time maybe?
- buildartefact 4y ago“Non-imperialist”? What?
- cercatrova 4y agoFirst in all of history? I highly doubt that. Relatedly, I find that with regards to history, most people have quite a large recency bias. If I ask someone who the greatest actors of all time are, at least half will be within the last several years. Same with this question, the first non imperialist great power is likely some random Chinese or Mesopotamian or African kingdom.