• nohaybanda [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Right, that’s why you have this standard of living, not centuries of colonial exploitation of the Global South

      • Duży Szef [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        Oh wow, "Museum of mercantalist past"?

        Wonder what exhibits they have...

        *removed externally hosted image*

        Huh, so that's how they got prosperous.

        Theft.

      • Redbolshevik2 [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Laughable. Europe outside of Constantinople was a backwards shithole that needed to purchase all its manufactured goods from the superior civilizations of India and China. Absolutely nothing before colonialism.

      • duderium [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Europe was a backward hellhole before the 1500s and wasn’t really “modern” by any standard until the 19th century, which very curiously coincided with the Scramble for Africa. Hmm, interesting.

        Edit: so you’re Dutch. Isn’t the Netherlands’s wealth built on slavery? Why didn’t you guys give all that stolen money back?

        • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          Didn't you hear? They spent it and everything they have since the 1960s is due to hard work and intelligence (just don't ask whose).