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minus-squareJustAnotherRando@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 years 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-squareCosmos7349@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoThe reason that London has such great museums lol
minus-squareRagnarok314159@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoWe got screwed over, didn’t even get good museums out of the horrors and atrocities perpetrated by own government.
minus-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoWe got an entire beautiful, resource rich country from some of our horrors and atrocities so that’s something.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years 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-squareCPMSP@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoAnd the Dutch! Don’t forget about the Dutch Kek
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years 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-up6·2 years 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-up3·2 years agoSorry, all Frisians look alike to me
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThey literally live on peat.
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.
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
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.
Good thing they’ve let go, like New Caledonia! ;)