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The issue, which is obvious to most people that aren't Euro-American, is that if you view generations of colonial violence as a normal baseline, then calling for "both sides" to "stop fighting" whenever colonial subjects resist isn't actually calling for peace. It's calling for the colonized to submit and go back to being quietly exterminated in an orderly fashion so you can go back to not thinking about it.
Is conquest exclusive to euro-american history?
No but colonizing generally is.
With the exception of Japan.
Oh, really?
What about the middle eastern empires? Or the turks? Or the Aztecs?
Or literally any other force in history lmao
If you reread they never said those nations didn’t engage in conquest.
And they also settled and slaved on the annexed lands, thus engaging in colonization
Do you think all other borders were agreed upon via a nice arm wrestling match?
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.