• @reddit_sux
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    94 days ago

    George Washington was a land speculator and the Proclamation of 1763 after the French and Indian wars had prohibited westward settlements beyond the Appalachian mountains.

    Capitalism is just a modern substitute for colonization without the violent means of grabbing others properties or means of sustenance. America is a colonizers dream.

    always been the case and has never stopped

    This is an oversimplification of history. It makes for a powerful speech but it’s pretty garbage as far as convincing anyone who doesn’t already agree with you.

    Can you show a single decade in the 250 years of US when it has stopped bullying, waging war or colonizing other countries, not directly but by causing coups, killing leaders of other countries.

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      04 days ago

      prohibited westward settlements

      Huh, I never knew that. Thank you for telling me.

      Capitalism is just a modern substitute for colonization

      Firstly, that’s not true. Secondly, even if that were true, it doesn’t contradict my statement.

      show a single decade

      I disagree that “Always” works in the granularity of decades. With that said, the FDR years are usually a good example for cases such as these, and he was president for more than 10 years. Unless of course you want to consider fighting actual Nazis and their allies as all of those 3.

      • @reddit_sux
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        34 days ago

        the FDR years are usually a good example for cases such as these, and he was president for more than 10 years.

        That is a good example of a decade of non aggression by US, I would agree. One could say the isolationist policies, and reluctance to join League or World Court was a failure but that would just be splitting hairs. Having said that even the World War I had a Christmas truce. FDR years doesn’t make US any less of a bully or a war profiteer.

        Huh, I never knew that. Thank you for telling me.

        You can look into Mississippi Land Company founded by George Washington for prospecting lands beyond the Appalachian mountains prohibited by the Proclamation.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 days ago

          FDR years doesn’t make US any less of a bully or a war profiteer.

          I’m not really arguing that the US doesn’t have a horrible history or that it isn’t currently a force for evil. I’m trying to encourage more nuance and accuracy in the arguments of my fellows because those are the areas where they appear to lack the most. There are communities of people who think critically but are put off from leftist arguments by those flaws and thus are insulated from the underlying truth.

        • @PugJesus
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          14 days ago

          You can look into Mississippi Land Company founded by George Washington for prospecting lands beyond the Appalachian mountains prohibited by the Proclamation.

          The company was formed and petitioned the Crown before the proclamation.

          • @reddit_sux
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            13 days ago

            It continued its workings even after the proclamation. It was formed before it.