fazell2 to Crazy Fucking VideosEnglish · edit-24 days agoMaine politician says Canada should become american. Angry Canadian politician respondsvideotourl.comvideomessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down13
arrow-up1180arrow-down1videoMaine politician says Canada should become american. Angry Canadian politician respondsvideotourl.comfazell2 to Crazy Fucking VideosEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevillinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·2 days agoI never said it was peaceful. But the colonized have fought for colonizers more often than against them. Not only were the colonized accepting of conquest. They were enthusiastic participants.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThat’s only when their current government sucked. People being oppressed might welcome a foreign invader. People don’t welcome foreign oppressors. There may be some small number of collaborators, but things don’t end well for them.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevillinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days ago That’s only when their current government sucked. Far more common than you’d guess. People don’t welcome foreign oppressors. They regionally welcome foreign collaborators. Alberta is a great modern example of Canadians embracing Trumpism on their own terms.
I never said it was peaceful. But the colonized have fought for colonizers more often than against them.
Not only were the colonized accepting of conquest. They were enthusiastic participants.
That’s only when their current government sucked. People being oppressed might welcome a foreign invader.
People don’t welcome foreign oppressors. There may be some small number of collaborators, but things don’t end well for them.
Far more common than you’d guess.
They regionally welcome foreign collaborators. Alberta is a great modern example of Canadians embracing Trumpism on their own terms.