How do we feel about comparisons of ancient colonies to modern colonialism? (hexbear.net)

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I tend to rankle when people compare the colonialism of the last few centuries with the pre-capitalist expansion and settlement of ancient societies. It seems like there's a lot of daylight between the English founding Jamestown and ancient Ionians founding Massalia or w/e.

But what do Hexbear's historians think? Is it fundamentally the same social phenomenon across time or is capitalist settler-colonialism its own unique thing?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

this is the best post I've read on here in a hot minute, thank you for taking the time to write it

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