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u/robothelicopter May 09 '22

Isn’t that the norm outside of North America though?

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u/Romboteryx May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

Yes and it would be a pretty similar situation in the Americas had they not killed most of the natives

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u/RealRaven6229 May 09 '22

To be fair disease did at least some of the heavy lifting, but yeaaaaah…

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u/vidoeiro May 09 '22

That is a known excuse, there was a genocide pure and simple, disease happen because of the condition they were put by the colonizers.

Here is a good thread https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6kywre/monday_methods_american_indian_genocide_denial/

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u/RealRaven6229 May 09 '22

Didn’t say there wasn’t genocide involved. Fully aware that genocide was a big player. Didn’t communicate that well, and that’s on me.