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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (32 children)

putting an eu flag on this feels anachronistic

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 1 year ago (31 children)

    The EU is literally doing colonialism in Africa today.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    modern european colonialism doesn't have much to do with god or promised land anymore, and even then a british or a french flag would be more appropriate imo

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  • [+] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    and there are still many eu member states that can hardly be accused of directly engaging in modern colonialism, I'm simply saying we shouldn't lump them all together

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  • [+] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    This is a conversation about history. It doesn’t include modern member states because they were not member states when the modern European colonization of Africa first occurred.

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    EU flag doesn't fit here because it's a symbol that's used nowadays to represent 27 countries, not just colonisers. that's why I initially said it was anachronistic

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    What makes up the majority of the nationalities of the settler-colonialists in occupied Palestine, and how much money + from which continent (aside from North America) goes into the settler-colonial entity?

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Brits and the French are just the most well known colonialists. Meanwhile, modern european colonialism is a direct extension of the promised land colonialism. The EU flag is just a convenient way to indicate Europe as a whole.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    so… not the British? Because they’re not EU

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    You mean Russia and Wagner? Cause Russia ain't actually part of the EU

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  • [+] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (17 children)
  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    So I guess you just ran out of space if you left out the stupid shit Russia is pulling in Africa, right?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    Oh yes, it's so terrible how Russia is helping countries like Niger and Burkina Faso shake off western colonialism. Cry harder.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There it is. When Russia does it, it's helping, but when Western countries do it, it's colonialism. God I hope you're at least being well paid for your doublethink

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago

    Feel free to provide examples of Russian colonialism in Africa. Last I checked, these kinds of things are happening, where Niger is NATIONALIZING their resources. If Russia was doing what the west was doing, then Niger would have a Russian puppet for a president who'd be selling the country off to Russian corps.

    https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/23/niger-to-nationalize-uranium-to-wrest-control-over-its-resource-from-france/

    Either you're utterly clueless, or intentionally trying to create a false equivalence to whitewash western crimes against humanity. Either way, you're a slimy colonizer apologist.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Lol Russia can't even help themselves

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Can't help themselves is an interesting euphemism for defeating all of NATO in Ukraine.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Haha, you think Russia is winning?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago

    It's obvious to anybody who has even the bare minimum of understanding of what's happening in Ukraine. Don't take my word for it though. Here's what Lt. Col. Alex Vershinin retired after twenty years of service, including eight years as an armor officer with four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and twelve years as a modeling and simulations officer in NATO and U.S. Army, working on concept development and experimentation has to say on the subject:

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    that's the special operation that was supposed to last a couple days a few years ago, right? I haven't been paying attention. Poopoo still hasn't made any progress, has he? Weakling

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Do feel free to show a single official statement from Russia to that effect. The fact that you haven't been paying attention is very obvious. Let's just see what people with a clue have to say on the subject. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/coalition-of-the-willing-ukraine/

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Nah, you feel free to try to prove me wrong, but you can't, because you're backing a weakling lol

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Literally linked you a NATO military expert proving you wrong, but I guess your reading comprehension isn't so good.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Lol try again, you can only link to official NATO government sources if you want to be taken seriously

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why would I care if some ignoramus on the internet takes me seriously?

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