If so, was it polled somewhere?

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    You think the current US/UK empire is bad but if you look in your own back yard it’s the same thing with a different spin.

    I don’t think any non-Western country has enslaved a continent, refused to pay reparations for enslaving an entire continent, and continue to plunder an entire continent of its resources.

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      Japan, China, Persian empire, Egypt, Spain, US, UK, Cambodia, et al.

      History is nasty, our goal should be to learn from it and not repeat it.

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        I’m going to make the bold claim that the Tang dynasty and the Achaemenid empire was nowhere near as bad as the Spanish empire or the British empire and unlike the first two, the second two are still relevant in modern times.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        Do you seriously think Cambodia “enslaved a continent”? Like, I think Pol Pot was one of the more destructive leaders in human history, but you’re being silly.

        Japan was working on it but only partially did it. China didn’t. Persia? uh . . . I don’t think so. Egypt? No. Spain was part of the overall effort that the US and UK were part of.