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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Claiming a territory against the will of its people is exactly what imperialism is.

It is nothing less than colonisation.

You mean like when the KMT fled to Taiwan, brutalized the natives, and colonized it, imposing four decades of martial law?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, that isn't the fault of the Fr*nch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i'm sure we could figure out a way the french are responsible for this with a little time and creativity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In this case it is more the fault of the Dutch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

can we blame the french for the dutch existing? let's get some people on this