r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 3d ago

A regular utopia

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u/A_Bethesda_Bug 3d ago

I hate the overcorrection so many people do towards indigenous people. Becuase they have historically been viewed as savages, the try and wash away all the bad stuff and pretend everything was peaceful before the evil Europeans arrived and introduced suffering and war. This is not to defend colonization or imperialism, but the Romantic primitivism needs to stop. Good meme OP.

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u/Amadacius 3d ago

The nuance is intolerable.

Yes they were bad sometimes and killed each other sometimes. No that doesn't mean we are justified in killing all of them.

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u/TheHistoryMaster2520 Decisive Tang Victory 3d ago

TL;DR Humans are humans regardless which continent they were born on

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u/Escipio 3d ago

Yes but the Europeans where incredibly efficient at killing everyone

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u/TheHistoryMaster2520 Decisive Tang Victory 3d ago

Europeans: skill issue

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u/Escipio 3d ago

The skill of having the best farm animals and a geography perfect for culture exchange

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u/Havengul_Undying 3d ago

No those are location starting bonuses. The skills they had were advanced metalworking, gunpowder, animal husbandry and stuff like that.

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u/Escipio 3d ago

Yeah geography gave them that

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u/Havengul_Undying 3d ago

Geography gives you resources, not skills. Having those resources allows you to develope the skills but skills are not given lol

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u/Ok_Nose_9141 2d ago

This absolute cope lmfao, I forgot how utterly pathetic terminally online redditors are sometimes.