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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

He did it all through the power of Ubuntu.

PS: A big hearty fuck you to France for his assassination.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

PS: A big hearty fuck you to France for his assassination.

My general rule is that most of the world problems can be blamed squarely on Western Europe, United States, or Canada; also capitalism.

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[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

On a scale of Portugal to Hungary, could you clarify Western Europe for those of us across the pond?

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[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Colonial powers, all of them west of Germany. Not sure why Western Europe as a whole should shoulder the same amount of blame.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds a lot like that Western Civilization the right is always banging on about

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

People are shitty everywhere. Western Europe was just better at it than the rest.

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