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[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do remember when my country Slovakia colonised Africa, good times /s

[–] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too, each year I spend my vacation in SOT (Slovakia Overseas Territories)

[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Celkom napiču meme toto, musim uznať. Takto generalizovať... vyzerá OP ako kkt

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] ssfckdt@mastodon.cloud 4 points 1 year ago

"We couldn't even find a decent civilization to be colonized *by.*" -- Mark Renton

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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.