So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
Fact: the West is NOT rich due to slavery and colonialism, it began long before
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So whites did atrocities that were unnecessary?
That's even more of a moral stain.^ atrocities were mostly done by your own countrymen who sold their own kind into slavery or paved the way for European dominance in exchange for money and lucrative positions under colonial government
Yes, compradors are bad.
No quarrel there
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So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
slaves were used for silver mining and plantations raising luxury goods inputs, not exactly drivers of industrial wealth creation or even rate limiting.
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Does it have to be binary? I mean could we say "richer"
A common viewpoint nowadays among young progressives is that the West is only richer than other nations due to colonialism and that the Western world is more warlike than others (which shows a lack of understanding of history).
Only someone who didn’t go to college OR didn’t learn anything at college could believe this, let’s be clear. It’s not a common view outside activists and brain poisoned people (and children)
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So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
'Folks were already rich'.
The complexities of history, the struggle of the European indentured servant class, the exploited farmers at the mercy of the local duke, the religion wars of the European states. Centuries of tears. All forgotten. Grouped with those 'folks' who exploited them and kept the riches for themselves by brainless liberals a few years later. Tragedy.
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Yeah Logan, no reactionary, his point on slavery is that it was wealth destructive
So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
slaves were used for silver mining and plantations raising luxury goods inputs, not exactly drivers of industrial wealth creation or even rate limiting.
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Does it have to be binary? I mean could we say "richer"
A common viewpoint nowadays among young progressives is that the West is only richer than other nations due to colonialism and that the Western world is more warlike than others (which shows a lack of understanding of history).
Only someone who didn’t go to college OR didn’t learn anything at college could believe this, let’s be clear. It’s not a common view outside activists and brain poisoned people (and children)
I have some bad, bad news about what is taught in college nowadays.
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So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
Welcome to the history of mankind.
Where powerful countries subjugate weaker ones.
What do they teach in history nowadays for you to think this is exclusive to Europe? -
So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
Welcome to the history of mankind.
Where powerful countries subjugate weaker ones.
What do they teach in history nowadays for you to think this is exclusive to Europe?It's called Evolution. Ultimately, the stronger ones rule the weaker ones.
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So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
Welcome to the history of mankind.
Where powerful countries subjugate weaker ones.
What do they teach in history nowadays for you to think this is exclusive to Europe?It's called Evolution. Ultimately, the stronger ones rule the weaker ones.
No, actually chinese empires didn't subjugated weaker ones in that form, this is just a remnant of roman empire idea of subjugation.
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So folks were already rich and they bought guns with their riches and used them to rob others to get even richer. That actually sounds worse.
Welcome to the history of mankind.
Where powerful countries subjugate weaker ones.
What do they teach in history nowadays for you to think this is exclusive to Europe?It's called Evolution. Ultimately, the stronger ones rule the weaker ones.
No, actually chinese empires didn't subjugated weaker ones in that form, this is just a remnant of roman empire idea of subjugation.
Tell that to the Dzungar:
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No, actually chinese empires didn't subjugated weaker ones in that form, this is just a remnant of roman empire idea of subjugation.
The Chinese Empire was founded by Qin Shi Huang who formed by... ...conquering other states. And the Empire of Qin was far smaller than the Empire of Qing (the last Chinese Dynasty).
Also, the Chinese Empire usually had tributary states and the reason they didn't conquer further was that they were already the center of the world so there was no point in wasting their time with what they saw as shtholes with nothing to profit of