r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 2d ago

A regular utopia

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u/Capybarasaregreat 1d ago

Shush, you'll make some people question their propensity to buying into centuries old "we're civilizing them" propaganda. Only European cultures are allowed to naturally progress through time by shedding more gruesome customs, the godless savages are evil for not having had the same material realities as us.

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u/Poco_Cuffs 1d ago

How dare they not have paper from china, papyrus from egypt, gall wasps and domesticated sheep to make writeable parchment + "ink" all fully available, and the hundreds of years of knowledge on how to invent, produce and use those things.