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)