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Ethnic cleansing?
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down
Germany, Yugoslavs, Turkey, Russia, and that is immediately off the top of my head. How did i forget china?
Add china
Forgot about them. That shows how many there are
Canada with residential schools…
America with the Natives
Maybe Australia with the aborigines.
Belgians in Congo
Italy with it's long history of treating the disabled and queer like utter garbage
How can you missed Rwanda Genocide.
Part 2 is going on literally right now and no one seems to care
Not many people care unless you give it a cool name.
Rawandan Genocide Part 2: Electric Boogaloo
Last headline I saw about it was about a pile of live children, and the use of firearms. That’s about as much detail I’m giving on that one cause the article went into detail I wish I never read.
I googled "Rwandan Genocide 2024" and every result was about them remembering the genocide that happened in '94. I scrolled past about 50 headlines and none of them were talking about current affairs, so Idk what y'all are referencing.
I also forgot cambodia, East Timor, The darfur, Guatemala and Herero and namaqua
It was off the top of my head.
It might be easier to list the countries that HAVENT done this. You start, because I don't know any.
singapore, monaco, san marino, andorra, Uh. IDK
Literally all of Asia, and in a lot of instances it's not even only in history but still happening today.
USA, Belgium, Rwanda, Brazil, Japan, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, the list goes on
it would be easier to list which countries (their locations) didnt have some form of ethic cleansing at some point in their history haha.
actually, ill just write out the entire list here:
How did you forget the US? As a result of Native American Genocide, some 4 million Native Americans died between 1492 and 1800, a 96% population drop. 350,000 (58% population decline) from 1800 to 1890.
98% loss of ancestral homelands.
Perpetrated by the US Army, settlers and State Militias.
The US is just as guilty as any of the countries you mentioned.
USA, Canada, even Finland
What did Finland do?
The nordics had a bit of history of eugenics and ethnic cleansing of the Sami minority that live in the northern parts
Don't forget Canada. We inspired Hitler when it came to eugenics
Don't forget the US! We sure did show those natives what it means to be white!
Would it be politicaly incorrect to add that country called israel ??
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggpe3qj6wo
(downvotes incoming! take ccover)
Yeah it's horrible what happened to Israel during the muslim conquest. But at least Israel managed to decolonize itself unlike Egypt and the entirety of north africa. If you want some other great examples of ethnic cleansing just take a look at what happened to Jews in all Arab countries
Add Israel, you can even live stream it right now.....
Japan?
Japan, US, Canada, Australia, UK, Belgium, the Dutch iirc
I think USA also had some bad chapters with those...
Every new weapon that hit the scene, bows, iron swords, crossbows, the firearm, the gatling gun, etc, people were like "I'm gonna kill so many people indiscriminately and conquer so much land!"
Literally every single country in the world
If you go back far enough, nearly every "native" population replaced another
Dirty Neanderthals deserved it tho...
Oh yeah no europeons been colonized like major 5 times atleast
Bruh, we only have our president being charged with rape to which he just say "why would I rape someone? I'm too handsome."and then won the case.
“Canada has always been your friendly buddy”
“Hey Canada, what were you up to in WW1?”
"Never ask Canada about what they did to the Indigenous people." No ethnic cleansing there
Nosirree, don’t worry about the residential schools, just a bit of Canadian tomfoolery
We do love our practical jokes
Unfortunately the pranked didn’t have as much fun as the prankers….
Isn’t that part of the fun?
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1mo
That was a very sad and distressing read. Hope you are doing better now.
Going for a car ride was a big deal back then. Everybody wanted a free car ride, it was fun!
"just dont ask why theres a geneva convention in the first place"
"Hey boys! Ya hungry?"
We totally stopped after WWI... looks around nervously
1990 Canadian eugenics sterilizing undesirables and the residential schools are ancient history, nobody from the 90's is around today!
Acadians and indigenous people would also beg to differ
Okay, we’ll admit the thing about the indigenous people. The Acadians were the Brit’s doing. Now whatever we do with the Quebecois will be entirely on us.
Its not Geneva Convention. It's Geneva suggestions
The Geneva Checklist
Never ask Canada what happend to a bunch of sled dogs
It's only a war crime if someone records it
Nah I’m from Germany and I don’t think they ever did something bad
1864 and that’s it I think
nah fuck denmark they deserved it(I'm not even sure if that was the second Danish war or the austro prussian war)
Its the Danish war, Austro-Prussian war was in 1866
That's reich
And why would Jew think otherwise
i mean besides the 20th century germany has a pretty tame history
Tame? You call the thirty year war, the Teutonic crusades, the 7 years war etc. tame?
yeah just normal wars like there have been everywhere. compared to italy, moscov, china, the americas etc. germany has been mostly the same for a long time. ofc in part due to how relatively young a country/civilization it is.
No country is without it’s skeletons, and if one doesn’t, give it time, it’ll have some soon.
You can help by expanding the Wikipedia list of countries that did ethnic cleansing
Theres also alot of ethnic cleansings from pre history, before countries really existed when people where first settling down.
Lichtenstein
Home of the Lich? Nah he literally has skeletons in his closet
How'd that get in there? They're supposed to be in the dungeon.
That’s the worst of all
Like how in my countries's history, one of our presidents was accused of rape to which he just said to the judge, "Why would I rape someone? I'm too handsome.", and won.
South Africa.
This game sucks.
Bru we’re losing this game
You lost the game.
FUCK
But the tag said don’t mix whites with colors. They were just following directions.
Please spare my soul for the dark joke.
As a Brazilian I say that Paraguay started
were did 90% of the male population in paraguay go?
Antes o Paraguai fosse o pior que o Brasil fez.
Pior que é... A guerra de Canudos, aquilo foi horrível
20-30k civilians eaten, decisive tang victory.
30m*
Nah, Belgium never did something wrong.
The Congo? Never heard of her.
Oh that, that was just trolling around and having fun.
Some mild tomfoolery
Negligible amount of shenanigans
I mean, is say they had a pretty hands off attitude in that regard
Leopold had some fun, not Belgium!
Leopold I married an 18 year old at 42
China has never done anything wrong 👍
+1000 social credit 😊
Hold up your credits, he still has to answer which China.
Minus 5000 credit there is only one China
Taiwan 🇹🇼
-10000000000 social credits. Your execution is in 25/05/2024
Taiwan and West Tiawan
Social credit score: 📈📈📈📈
Nothing happened between 14th May and 35th May
🇦🇺 we did some bad things to the aboriginal people
Like what? Disease? Removing children from their families? Claiming all of their land for our own? That was just a bit of tomfoolery, just a bit of banter. Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!
🇳🇴 same acept we did it to the sámi.
I mean that’s pretty much everywhere right? Heck even friendly old Canada is guilty of some pretty brutal ethnic cleansing.
They are the reason quite a lot of things that are considered war crimes and are on the Geneva Convention are considered such and are on the Geneva Convention.
I was more thinking of their treatment of the Natives but that’s a good point too. Good old “take no prisoners” trench raiding.
If you aren’t ashamed of your country’s history, you haven’t studied your country’s history.
Or your Vladimir Putin, who has studied his countrys history and takes an unusual amount of pride in it.
“You see, a single death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is statistics”- certain lover of red paint
I’ve got a lot of pride in my country no doubt, but at the same time I am very deeply critical of it
Why be ashamed for things we have no control over? Most people’s countries has done awful things, I think the better thing to do is not to linger on the shame, it would be better to acknowledge the wrong doings and strive to do better and make things right.
Feel free to correct me, maybe I am missing something or am just naive, but I think moving forward and trying to make things right is better than harboring a sense of guilt.
While I agree with your philosophy of moving forward, I believe the context of the quote would be that without shame or regret there would be no motivation to change for the better. If one looked back at an atrocity and said “so what?” then obviously they would have no incentive to avoid those outcomes in the future as they become accepted as normal. But moral philosophy is not a black and white subject and it is natural that not everyone would share the same views on the topic.
I’m Irish. We never did the big bad things slavery or genocide because we were too busy being made slaves or genocided
This Irish American history is brought to you by pepsi cola, just because the butcher's apron is off doesn't mean you didn't spill blood with it on.
Also, it's really not "your country" that has done all that bad stuff, most of the time it's been the government and the elites strong-arming the general populace into doing the bad stuff. The average person just wants to be left alone
Some of my poor subsistence farming ancestors were extremely interested in moving west of the Appalachians so they could claim land. Land that the Indians were barely using, but also using so much that they needed to be pushed west to Oklahoma.
Is op British guys?
🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Thanks for giving Tallinn it's name
Our history is spicy, especially the Viking era lol
Danish vikings invaded my home region of east frisia in northern germany in the 9th century. The frisians wiped the floor with the vikings which led to the frisians getting the right to govern themselves under the holy roman empire and not having some aristocrat govern the region like other regions.
So basically, thank you that your ancestors invaded us and having a lasting impact on my homes culture and history lmao :D
well if it werent for you guys I wouldnt be alive so thanks i guess?
Just borrowing some things for me museum.
All about that Cultural "Exchange" yknow
We are trying to "preserve" artefacts that would have otherwise gotten damaged if not in our care.
just taking some black people to incorporate them into the international labor slavemarket
you ar beong sivilized plese do not resist
If your nation state's history horrifies you, then congratulations. You have critical thinking abilities. Not enough people do.
fuck borders, all welcome to my house while i sleep naked
What if we sleep naked together 😳
Sounds gay, I'm in.
My response to that (second part) is literally your avatar.
US government signs treaty with Natives
Not long after US finds something they want on land protected by treaty.
US regarding the treaty: I’ll ignore that. And steals land anyway.
Nicaraguan history. There's a thrill ride.
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No country is complete without a little genocide
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1mo
America Fuck YEAH
We never did anything that could be construed as a human rights violation
Guys why don’t the Hawaiians like us
They don’t like us. They LOVE us!!
What do you mean with Iraq? They are a stable country thanks to the United States who did some state building. Nothing wrong there.
Cant violate their rights If they legally dont have them.
Almost any country
Invaded and then lost to Emus..uhh
the world when they start researching about their history
Spoiler alert ain't no country got built by love and peace and wanting equality.
Poland? It's kinda the opposite for us
Can we count as one? No, it looks like a just siege, and Russians blew themselves at the end.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Smolensk_(1609%E2%80%931611)
This is literally the history of every country at this point
Pls don't look up our history 🇧🇪
Portugal caralho!!!
Eesh. I remember when I reached the age when I finally realised that Australia isn't always a peace-loving bunch of altruistic heroes who play Good Samaritan at all times. Then again, I think people from every other country are raised with the belief that THEIR country is the good guy in all this. Spoiler: They aren't. None of them are.
That narrows it down to any country on earth
U.S history in college is when shit gets real.
Canada and America are great examples of this
Luckily I, as a German, don't have that problem
The Netherlands has entered the chat.
Hand over your spices, you’ve been colonised.
Brother im german
From the small country of England, proudest historical achievements: Complete stoppage of the Slave trade, Destroying the Spanish Armada, having the biggest empire in history, Industrial revolution & Trains. Worst historical achievements: Indian genocides, East India Company, failing Society, Failing government, giving away Hong Kong.
Turkish here, I honestly don't wanna know the stuff our country has done I'm scared 😭
Can’t be me. America never does bad things. We’re the good guys!
I can't study my countrys history because the same shit is re-taught to me every grade. (United States of America)
nods head in an anarchist way
Brazil was the last country in the West to have slavery.
True of every country in existence lol
The roller coaster of emotions are the exact ones I had learning about México’s history
You’re German aren’t cha?
Naw, in Germany you get taught this shit in school, and I mean propperly. You WOULD THINK that germans remember well enough to not be surprised and make rational decisions in politics
Me when I ask my mom how her trip to Spain was and she recounts having two Romani people behind her while waiting in line as if it was a horror film
Cue the child labor…
if the country has not done a war crime than its not a country
Damn.
Could you narrow it down?
What region of the world?
Was it Europeans doing the cleansing?
Asian?
African?
Any country for that matter
Do this with basically any country and you'll learn that 'America Bad' is a pretty dumb take considering
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?
OP must be Japanese. Or American. Or British. Or German. Or Chinese. Or...
My country took over a third of the fukin planet because
Fuck you that’s why
before anyone even asks, it's every country, all of them.
Hey man, You cannot chnage the history, but you can lern from it. It wasn't you who did this abhorences, and the fact that you know they were bad means you can do diffrently.
We do not owe the crimes my forfathers did, however we owe it to everyone to be better than this.
yes almost all countries have to terrible stuff, but i dont get why there is so much of a focus on that over the positive sides of history.
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