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"No nation is older than 250" (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A threads post saying "There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America's 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that's already been said." It has a reply saying "My local pub is older than your country".

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (20 children)

It is wild to me how Americans forget that they built their "nation" upon the genocide of earlier (first) nations, which were there for thousands of years.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

Genocide has been a frequent practice for thousands of years, ever since the standard social unit was the tribe and one tribe would massacre another. Whole populations have been "put to the sword". The Americas are probably the largest single area, but if you really knew your history it would seem just as wild that Europeans and others around the world have forgotten about this.

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

Not as frequent as you claim. Many empires conquered foreign lands without genocide.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Interesting - I said "frequently" without any specific numbers, but apparently your non-numbers are lower. My bad.

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