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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Yeah but for most people who aren't knowledgeable about history, the connotation isn't necessarily negative.

It should be, but it isn't. "Settlers of Catan" is probably one of the most popular board games ever, and it's all just friendly people trading sheep and wood and shit.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, because it's not the settling part of a settler that is harmful. Settling in new lands is a foundational human behavior.

It's displacing people when you settle on their already claimed land, and treating yourself as superior that tends to badly violate human rights.

In the fantasy world of Catan, we don't genocide the natives to gain territory. This doesn't make Catan harmful, it makes it a game.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would argue that settlers is whitewashing colonization since it has all the hallmarks of exploiting a foreign land and shipping the goods abroad but it's very conveniently unsettled.

Like how the american frontier was claimed to be unsettled land just waiting to be settled.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why people don't invite you to boardgame night.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Im the one who hosts boardgame night lol

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This doesn't counteract my claim that nobody invites you to theirs.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

if anything bolsters it

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Hence me linking a history book on the topic...

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

most people who aren't knowledgeable about history

sorry but that's as the kids say a skill issue