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America is genocidal, sure, but so is every single other society in the history of civilization. America is exceptional because of the technology and the art it contributed to genocide, which is the goal of every civiliztion, remember. Pointing out the difference in scale of US atrocities just prevents us working together for greater justice.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Naga-Kuki war (1660-1948) The Maratha-Mughal wars (1680-1707)

China’s history is filled with Dynastic tyranny— each associated with brutal, repressive military conflicts.

Not sure where you are heading with that.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Like I said, collapsing historical continuity past the point of logical coherence

Also blatantly ignoring the fact Chinese and Indian civilization were not built on the basis of those wars and the fact the states that prosecuted those wars no longer exist

The US state on the otherhand maintains a legal and poltical continuity all the way back to 1776 and continues to inflict atrocities based on the sociopolitical economic logic of its founding

Also I love how you obviously just googled random wars from Indian and Chinese history as if that means something, kid log off and go do your homework

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And you seem perfectly willing to completely disregard those wars, oppression, and tyranny because it doesn’t service the narrative that… what? That no country has ever been as horrible as the United States? Really?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

How should one regard a 400 year old war perpetrated by a state that no longer exists for a poltical tradition no one alive follows?

The only reason you bring up this irrelevant nonsense is because you want to trivialize and downplay the very recent and extremely relevant crimes of the US empire which currently dominates the world

It's such a childish and disingenuous argument, but hey I don't expect honesty or historical literacy from brain dead fascists

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, perhaps I’ve lost the thread.

Convince me.

Please restate your specific claim? It can’t be simply that you are the superior scholar, right? So go ahead — state it?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some could find a few hundred "superior scholars" relative to you at a given middle school.