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minus-squareJustAnotherRando@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-21 year agoBritain (which you mentioned), France, and Spain all have pretty awful imperial histories too. Not saying that to diminish the atrocities of the US by any means, but let’s not pretend the rest of Europe didn’t get up to some bullshit.
minus-squareCPMSP@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoAnd the Dutch! Don’t forget about the Dutch Kek
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoYou thought that was a joke in Austin Powers? No. Nigel Powers saw what they did in the Congo. It’s why he was so happy to aid in the Boer War- Wait
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year ago Nigel Powers saw what they did in the Congo. That was Belgium - which TBF is just a bunch of French-speaking dutch people.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSorry, all Frisians look alike to me
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey literally live on peat.
minus-squareCosmos7349@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoThe reason that London has such great museums lol
minus-squareRagnarok314159@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoWe got screwed over, didn’t even get good museums out of the horrors and atrocities perpetrated by own government.
minus-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWe got an entire beautiful, resource rich country from some of our horrors and atrocities so that’s something.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAlso the most museums per capita in the world with some absolutely amazing ones OP just hasn’t been to. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203021/museum-density-worldwide-by-region/. Sure, most of them are tax dodges, however
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGood thing they’ve let go, like New Caledonia! ;)
Britain (which you mentioned), France, and Spain all have pretty awful imperial histories too. Not saying that to diminish the atrocities of the US by any means, but let’s not pretend the rest of Europe didn’t get up to some bullshit.
And the Dutch! Don’t forget about the Dutch
Kek
You thought that was a joke in Austin Powers?
No. Nigel Powers saw what they did in the Congo.
It’s why he was so happy to aid in the Boer War-
Wait
That was Belgium - which TBF is just a bunch of French-speaking dutch people.
Sorry, all Frisians look alike to me
They literally live on peat.
The reason that London has such great museums lol
We got screwed over, didn’t even get good museums out of the horrors and atrocities perpetrated by own government.
We got an entire beautiful, resource rich country from some of our horrors and atrocities so that’s something.
Also the most museums per capita in the world with some absolutely amazing ones OP just hasn’t been to.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203021/museum-density-worldwide-by-region/.
Sure, most of them are tax dodges, however
Good thing they’ve let go, like New Caledonia! ;)