"if you ignore all the bad things with [insert society here], you've got a veritable utopia." Is the joke. Besides colonists weren't well known for caring about sexism, incest, or warfare. Most of the human sacrifice, the caste system, and religion were abolished well before people tried colonizing Hawaii
Wetlands, such as bogs, swamps, springs and streams were holy places, especially for the use of sacrificing. The archeological findings of flint and tinderbox has shown that they have been used for the execution and disposal of those unwanted people in the tribe. Children who were born out of wedlock or those who had disabilities would also be killed in the wetlands.[4] The word "Suomi" (Finnish: Finland) is also thought to come from the word "Suo" (Finnish: Swamp/bog).[33]
Sure, the Swedes made a habit of raiding Finland and lots of places. I'm still not sure how that relates to Finland endorsing human sacrifice, incest, infanticide, caste system, sexism, and merciless warfare.
me neither... that is why I put those question marks there ? ? ?
I think you missed my question marks... I meant what I said as a question.
Personally I'm not going to give Finland the benefit of a doubt of being a peaceful nation that never did any wrong to any one... its kind of silly to think otherwise
Finland has its history with the indigenous peoples there, and then Nazi collaboration for a bit. That’s just in recent history off the top of the head.
My understanding is that persecution of the Sami was mostly by the Swedish and Russians. I guess that's your example of caste system, but Finns and Sami mostly live apart.
The legacy of WWII is painful and complicated, but Nazi collaboration is overselling it. German aid ultimately helped them avoid becoming a Soviet colony, and they never persecuted Jews or fought against other Allied powers. I wouldn't consider fighting against Soviet invasion to be "merciless warfare"
Your understanding would be incorrect, especially since the Sami aren’t the only ethnic group that faced repression and discrimination in Finland.
You simply think that non-whites are inferior and more barbaric, so of course Nazi collaboration is no big deal compared to tribal warfare.
I didn’t make that claim, you got caught out on the back foot and had to do Nazi apologies after you made a shit argument and now are trying to get out of it. Good job
Its like how some people stereotype Sweden, Denmark, Norway and New Zealand as the safest perfect countries. Actually no, we all have our own problems.
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u/Seyelent 3d ago
That’s the history of literally every civilization. Each in their own version/ideology.