https://nitter.net/skjask/status/1716044655245099434

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
        hexbear
        30
        8 months ago

        Germany, Britain, France, and the US have all represented themselves as women at one point so maybe there is some link between personifying a country as a woman and being a murderous imperialist.

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
          hexbear
          18
          edit-2
          8 months ago

          the romans were the ones who started portraying Britainia as a woman while it was a colony

          I thought the Germans portrayed their country as a man

          • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
            hexbear
            13
            8 months ago

            Yeah but the Brits definitely ran with Britannia as a woman for many centuries after the Romans so I think it still counts.

            As for Germany: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_(personification)