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[–] DudeImMacGyver 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Other countries would probably still have some similar shit. People are people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention some other country would’ve been doing this instead. Other countries do, the US has just been the most notorious and the king of colonialism

[–] DudeImMacGyver 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not even sure the US counts as king but that's for historians to argue I guess

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Or colonial empire for that matter