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[–] ValiantDust@feddit.de 169 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Here's a pro tip from a German: To make everyone forget about your colonial past and the atrocities you commited in your colonies, you just have to commit even bigger atrocities.

[–] Cybermass@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Or you just deny it ever happened/was a problem.

Seems to be working out for China.

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[–] Maultasche@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Es hilft auch, wenn dir alle Kolonien weggenommen werden und der Nachfolger noch schlimmer mit den einheimischen umgeht.

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was war denn im heutigen Namibia nach der deutschen Kolonialzeit schlimmer als der Völkermord an den Herero und Nama?

[–] Ramenator@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Schlimmer ist immer so ne Sache und sehr subjektiv. Das es danach aber immernoch nicht gut war würde ich aber schon behaupten. Namibia würde unter das Mandat Südafrikas gestellt, welches es dann prompt annektierte und dort auch das brutale Apartheid Regime einführte.
Das führte zu einen blutigen jahrzehntelangem Unabhängigkeitskrieg welcher erst 1990 mit der vollständigen Unabhängigkeit aufhörte

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Ja, war auch definitiv nicht mein Anliegen, da verschiedenes Leid gegeneinander aufzuwiegen. Wollte eigentlich einer Relativierung à la "die danach waren noch schlimmer, also was solls" vorbeugen. Aber bin wahrscheinlich etwas übers Ziel rausgeschossen und hab das gleiche in die andere Richtung gemacht.

[–] PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well this sure sounds like y'all are up to something new.... That can't be good

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

A sequel has been long overdue

[–] UnknownQuantity@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am I the only one who thinks that at least some resemblance to actual history should be reflected in these memes?

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Why be historically accurate when you can play off of stereotypes?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] UnknownQuantity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Spanish. Holocaust pales in comparison.

[–] lasagna@programming.dev 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Belgium one made me laugh but the history of it is absolutely depressing.

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[–] Banana_Piranha@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm gonna need sauce for the French...

[–] echo_w@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] z3k3lon@lemmy.pt 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been down that rabbit hole in the past. Can confirm.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What is this? It almost looks kinky

[–] Hype@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, it's just a one-off.

[–] felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I actually wanted the sauce too in the past, but unfortunately there are no video :(

[–] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Doesn't this post need the NSFW tag ?

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've noticed the nsfw tag being basically ignored/abused

On one meme it'll have the tag and there won't be anything even remotely sexual but then the next meme is a naked girl hiding behind something that just covers her tits and it's not tagged at all

[–] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a way for anyone to report it as NSFW ?

Idk what app your using but on Jerboa you can report a post and type in why you're reporting it.

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even the Spaniard's helmet looks like a bellend

[–] SexyPolariton@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] GuitarGeek@waveform.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brb omw to Spain and their colonies

[–] Midnitte@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Just be sure to get your smallpox vaccine..

[–] Historical_General@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Historically it's actually the French who have been known for having had much sexual relations with trafficked women.

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that explains why all Spanish colonies end up corrupt. They were all "corrupted" early on that colonization period.

[–] UnknownQuantity@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe you need to read something about Spanish colonisation.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you recommend something ? I'm not very literate on the subject myself

[–] Historical_General@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The primary Spanish sources are pretty explicit about their behaviour, other than the lies about the nature of the natives. They tended to keep meticulous records.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[–] 8rhn6t6s@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Read about their 300+ years colonization of the Philippines.

[–] qyron@lemmy.pt 1 points 1 year ago

Aren't we forgetting about Portugal? The spanish can't hold a candle to the portuguese when it comes to "getting to know" other peoples. In the biblical sense.

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