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Always eye-rolling when those from the West - the same West that pillaged and depoulated entire continents argue that violence is an intrinsic characteristic of
by g8oz 4y ago
Always eye-rolling when those from the West - the same West that pillaged and depoulated entire continents argue that violence is an intrinsic characteristic of another group.
- saiya-jin 4y agoalways eye-rolling when people degrade discussion by throwing people into few simplistic categories which don't represent reality (ie there are tons of western countries these days, only few participated in colonization, slavery etc. and muslim ones participated during that time too)
- nivertech 4y agoThese are the only Western European countries which didn't participated in colonization/empire building: Vatican* (questionable) Malta (but not Sovereign Military Order of Malta) Monaco San Marino Andorra Liechtenstein Luxembourg Switzerland Ireland** (only after independence from UK) Under some classifications Scandinavia is also counts as Western Europe, and even there Denmark-Norway colonized Iceland and Greenland, and Sweden expanded its empire into Finland, Baltics and Northern Russia.
- galangalalgol 4y agoI read it as a generalization that included the west, the far east, pretty much anywhere our extended group of cousins has been able to survive. And we are all cousins. But apparently much like you shouldn't have a kid with your 1st cousin. It is for some reason very important to kill anyone further out than your 1000th or so. At least if they have something you want. Then our huge brains kick in and give us a good reason to do what we already wanted to. Often we write it in a book to make it more legitimate. Might be God told us, or we might come up with something scientific (interpreting data with a motive is super flexible) if we aren't feeling particularly religious.
- ethanbond 4y agoA lot of the west’s most atrocious actions were also validated by their special books. It’s a good thing that as the west developed god-like military/industrial power, it also went through some serious reformations in its belief systems.