- Alpha5 ( @Alpha5@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English39•11 months ago
Ah yes, the most brutal were eastern European, Ukrainian, Polish and Baltic colonies
(Not denying colonialism was and is a fucking disease, just think it’s unfair to judge ALL of Europe for it when it is basically exclusively western Europe that did that shit)
- Franzia ( @Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•11 months ago
Colonialism ia over. The continuing neo-colonialism is the problem.
- DragonTypeWyvern ( @DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ) 6•11 months ago
It’s even dumber to blame the Balkans for neo-colonialism.
They can’t even colonize their neighbors, and they really really want to.
- Franzia ( @Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•11 months ago
I just… Misread your comment and didnt mean to imply I was disagreeing, but thought I was adding something by being succinct.
- UndercoverUlrikHD ( @UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev ) 3•11 months ago
Don’t forget Iceland, the most brutal coloniser of them all.
- TheBlue22 ( @TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 36•11 months ago
I do remember when my country Slovakia colonised Africa, good times /s
- TranscendentalEmpire ( @TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee ) 7•11 months ago
Well, I mean Slovakia didn’t exactly exist as a nation during the majority colonial expansion. They were part of the austro-hungarian empire, which did participate in some colonialism, though less than most at the time.
- TheBlue22 ( @TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 10•11 months ago
Yeah. We were the colonized ones to be honest. Always the lesser under the Hungarians mainly.
Although calling it colonization is a bit of a stretch to be completely blunt
- 💚🌲💙⭐⭐Romulus / Keith 🌹🍺✌⚽ ( @ssfckdt@mastodon.cloud ) 4•11 months ago
“We couldn’t even find a decent civilization to be colonized *by.*” – Mark Renton
- TranscendentalEmpire ( @TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
Although calling it colonization is a bit of a stretch
Idk I think it’s pretty fitting. I just think it’s an older type of colonialism, more similar to how the ottomans typically treated their holdings.
- Bantha ( @BanthaFood@feddit.de ) 32•11 months ago
That’s a particularly nasty one
- schmorp ( @schmorpel@slrpnk.net ) English23•11 months ago
both the headline and the insect, yes
- John_Coomsumer ( @John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org ) 17•11 months ago
An alternative universe where the Economist turned out to actually practice introspection
- Smorty [she/her] ( @Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•11 months ago
“Or is it the EUs fault?”