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to be fair it’s always been a kleptocracy. literally founded on stolen land, with stolen labor. even after emancipation it kept the stolen labor tradition alive til now with increasing intensity.

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BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
honestly youd be pretty hard pressed to find a country now that wasnt previously stolen

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- shawn1122@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Sure but the scale and recency of colonialism certainly leaves a bad taste in many people’s mouths, even the descendants of colonists.
  
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- pyre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  different degrees, but yeah pretty much all land has been taken by force. still is. the difference is how though.
  
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