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minus-squareAbsentBird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBritain picked fights with the French, the Spanish, and Austria, then expected their colonies to foot the bill.
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIsn’t that kind of what colonies are for? Extracting money from land you took from the people who lived there before?
minus-squareAbsentBird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIf that’s how you treat people you shouldn’t be surprised when they ‘cause a fuss’ and kick you out.
Britain picked fights with the French, the Spanish, and Austria, then expected their colonies to foot the bill.
Isn’t that kind of what colonies are for? Extracting money from land you took from the people who lived there before?
If that’s how you treat people you shouldn’t be surprised when they ‘cause a fuss’ and kick you out.
I agree, on both levels.