Nah Netherlands is in second place. Ask US Americans if they are proud of their colonial empire i.e. Manifest Destiny to the Pacific, pioneers, the Wild West etc and I bet it's at least 85%
Funny because even limiting it to "western expansion" is understating it, it implies the eastern US isn't also a colonial empire. Like, the entire USA is an oppressive colonial empire, just without a "motherland".
I mean I agree, but I also don't know how to reconcile this with the fact that, after some number of generations, it essentially is your "motherland". Like I have no connection to the places my ancestors come from, including not speaking the languages spoken there. I've been meaning to find some better stuff about decolonization to read, as I think I get too much stuff from the internet at times.
Further, after 6-8 generations, they concept of anestral homeland seizes to even make sense, since you have 2^n ancestors at that point (64 and 256 for 6 and 8, respectfully). Yeah some of those might be "repeats" but don't expect them all to come from the same nation. Not at all.
Nah Netherlands is in second place. Ask US Americans if they are proud of their colonial empire i.e. Manifest Destiny to the Pacific, pioneers, the Wild West etc and I bet it's at least 85%
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37% of americans alone believe slavery leading to the civil war should not be taught
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You probably couldn't even get 15% to admit we have an empire, let alone not be ashamed of it.
Funny because even limiting it to "western expansion" is understating it, it implies the eastern US isn't also a colonial empire. Like, the entire USA is an oppressive colonial empire, just without a "motherland".
I mean I agree, but I also don't know how to reconcile this with the fact that, after some number of generations, it essentially is your "motherland". Like I have no connection to the places my ancestors come from, including not speaking the languages spoken there. I've been meaning to find some better stuff about decolonization to read, as I think I get too much stuff from the internet at times.
Further, after 6-8 generations, they concept of anestral homeland seizes to even make sense, since you have 2^n ancestors at that point (64 and 256 for 6 and 8, respectfully). Yeah some of those might be "repeats" but don't expect them all to come from the same nation. Not at all.
And that's not including the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the rest of the overseas colonial empire
As always I'm willing to compromise: death of both countries.
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