https://lemmy.ca/post/44630732 (context: Trump placing 50% tariffs on EU imports next month)

my underachieving sibling in christ which countries are responsible for those words existing in the first place? which specific militaries did the things that became the definition of fascism and imperialism?

    • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      38·
      15 days ago

      destroyed the Soviet Union and set up the conflict in Ukraine

      who-did-this

      spent centuries looting China and getting them addicted to opium from your slave plantations

      who-did-this

      exterminated a continent’s indigenous population to make colonies where your slaves can fill the stores in Europe with European goods

      who-did-this

    • Krem [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      201·
      15 days ago

      damn, wonder if some united central europe ever fought some kind of alliance that included Russia, China and the US. if so, must have been a beautiful display of anti-fascism and anti-imperialism. go europe!