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Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 months agoIt was literally founded on settler-colonialism. Just because this resulted in such a profound and extensive destruction of countless peoples that are nearly wiped out today doesn’t make it less colonial.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s not colonialism. It didn’t involve any colonies.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
There were many colonies, lol. There was also Settler-Colonialism. Read about US history some time.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah, and of the actual colonies America had, they were a tiny size/number compared to European ones. All of India, most of China, all of South America lol
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I never said European countries were not colonizers, all I stated was that the US is a genocidal settler-colonial state and you can only do whataboutisms.