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vacuity 3 days ago

> people A did X bad things to people B thus people A are responsible for demise of people B

In this case, people A are responsible for most of the demise of people B, surely. I don't deny that history education should be improved on these matters, instead of choosing a villain and a victim, but your view is not much better.

t1E9mE7JTRjf 2 days ago | parent [-]

no that's simply not correct or backed up by any historical data. as the saying goes "it's easy to fool someone but hard to convince someone they've been fooled"

vacuity 2 days ago | parent [-]

Perhaps you should qualify your claims, because disease and war by Europeans to the indigenous peoples had a significant death toll and negative impact (e.g. forced migration or cultural reeducation).