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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No but colonizing generally is.

With the exception of Japan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, really?

What about the middle eastern empires? Or the turks? Or the Aztecs?

Or literally any other force in history lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you reread they never said those nations didn’t engage in conquest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And they also settled and slaved on the annexed lands, thus engaging in colonization

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think all other borders were agreed upon via a nice arm wrestling match?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They already acknowledged that conquest isn’t exclusive to euro-American history so I’m not sure what point you think you’re making right now.