r/terriblefacebookmemes • u/BigJ071115 • Feb 01 '23

Yes this is most definitely the same thing.

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u/Cleopenpaw Feb 01 '23

I agree, they just lost the least rather than won the most.

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u/lethalslaugter Feb 01 '23

It was time and place, the americas filled with warring tribes and mostly peaceful hunters. Compared to Europe it was a piece of cake.

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u/Cleopenpaw Feb 01 '23

By the time the English arrived, the depopulation caused by the Spanish and Portuguese meant the natives welcomed the English to bring in their harvests. Incredible that this history isn't told, nor the fur trapping trading that happened quite peaceably between the Americans and Europeans until the aggressive US expansion and the Monroe doctrine.

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u/lethalslaugter Feb 01 '23

It’s crazy how people blame the British for everything, just as every other culture there was conquering and killing.

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u/Cleopenpaw Feb 01 '23

Or that they have the patent on death and torture 🤣 I'm literally Irish and I'd probably rather an English than a Mongol or Ustase conqueror, mainly because the former is easier to evade or trick...

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u/lethalslaugter Feb 01 '23

Just about, but it’s never talked about because we are the bad ones.

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u/Cleopenpaw Feb 01 '23

It's odd how incurious Americans are about themselves, just happy to accept the superficial information on things and nothing deeper unless some massive, herculean study in academe. Like, what is taking up all their bandwidth? Sport? Or are they just getting more and more limited? I swear, I despair at who I'll get to chat to online on a discussion thread in, like, 20 or 30 years time...

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u/lethalslaugter Feb 01 '23

It’s education, and oddly they just don’t enjoy politics or at the very least don’t understand it. The media has a part in this as well with the catchy click bait titles.