▲ 443 ▼ The good guys (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml 123 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml 77 points 2 months ago (80 children) most evil empire in history permalink fedilink source hideshow 80 child comments replies: [–] from_D4rkness@lemmy.world 68 points 2 months ago (70 children) Germany gets a lot of (well deserved) heat for the nazis, but it is a true testament to the efficacy of propaganda investments that the US does not have a worse reputation. Even hitler wrote about how he was inspired by the US to do the things he did. I agree with you. The US is, and always has been, a cancer on the planet more malicious than any other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 70 child comments load more comments (70 replies) [–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 22 points 2 months ago (4 children) Eh.... I don't know if the US has been around long enough to really grab that title. It kinda depends on who you are laying blame to for the vast majority of the genocide against native Americans. Most of the deaths during the great dying in the Americas happened before the concept of America as a country even began. If you're looking at the amount of people killed and adjusted for the comparative populations, it's probably the Spanish empire. If you are looking at the number of different cultures affected it's probably the British. I would say America wins the most evil modern empire, but history is pretty brutal and America kinda missed the majority of the age of exploration and the colonial era. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago (3 children) It's the Western European white supremacist Christian patriarchy. That's the empire. They can make up all the fancy names of cities, and states, and draw borders and make believe all they want. It's the same empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments load more comments (3 replies) [–] Seleni@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 child) Belgium and Spain would like a word. Seriously, everyone forgets about what Belgium did in the Congo. They really went for quality over quantity with the atrocities there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago Quantity wasn't really something they avoided either... permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies)
[–] from_D4rkness@lemmy.world 68 points 2 months ago (70 children) Germany gets a lot of (well deserved) heat for the nazis, but it is a true testament to the efficacy of propaganda investments that the US does not have a worse reputation. Even hitler wrote about how he was inspired by the US to do the things he did. I agree with you. The US is, and always has been, a cancer on the planet more malicious than any other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 70 child comments load more comments (70 replies)
[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 22 points 2 months ago (4 children) Eh.... I don't know if the US has been around long enough to really grab that title. It kinda depends on who you are laying blame to for the vast majority of the genocide against native Americans. Most of the deaths during the great dying in the Americas happened before the concept of America as a country even began. If you're looking at the amount of people killed and adjusted for the comparative populations, it's probably the Spanish empire. If you are looking at the number of different cultures affected it's probably the British. I would say America wins the most evil modern empire, but history is pretty brutal and America kinda missed the majority of the age of exploration and the colonial era. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago (3 children) It's the Western European white supremacist Christian patriarchy. That's the empire. They can make up all the fancy names of cities, and states, and draw borders and make believe all they want. It's the same empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments load more comments (3 replies)
[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago (3 children) It's the Western European white supremacist Christian patriarchy. That's the empire. They can make up all the fancy names of cities, and states, and draw borders and make believe all they want. It's the same empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments load more comments (3 replies)
[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 child) Belgium and Spain would like a word. Seriously, everyone forgets about what Belgium did in the Congo. They really went for quality over quantity with the atrocities there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago Quantity wasn't really something they avoided either... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago Quantity wasn't really something they avoided either... permalink fedilink source parent