▲ 512 ▼ Happy Birthday guys, gals, and other pals! (lemmy.world) submitted 1 month ago by Godric@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 134 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children) Is that the gold you stole from the natives? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Godric@lemmy.world [S] 34 points 1 month ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago Wait is this aimed at America or Europe? permalink fedilink source parent [–] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 14 points 1 month ago (1 child) No. They earned it by mining land stolen from natives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 child) No. They earned it by forcing slaves to mine the land stolen from their Indigenous people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 child) I love when Europeans talk about American slavery and colonialism like its not one of Europe's favorite pastimes too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh it is. Im Canadian and our history is bad too. I just like making fun of Americans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) I get it, it's easy to make fun of us. i just hate holier than thou european chodes who take things seriously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago To be fair, a lot of the world feels that way about Americans. We certainly do up here. Just look at the 51st state rhetoric. Its obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CriticalThought@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children) Sorry. Not all of us were able to get our country’s gold from the nazis. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago* I’ll have you know most of us got our gold long before the nazis came to power. We had colonies to exploit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago The Nazis plundered Europe to get that gold. Not sure where you're getting the idea that the Nazis were a European enrichment scheme, other than maybe for Switzerland. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago Wait is this aimed at America or Europe? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 14 points 1 month ago (1 child) No. They earned it by mining land stolen from natives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 child) No. They earned it by forcing slaves to mine the land stolen from their Indigenous people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 child) I love when Europeans talk about American slavery and colonialism like its not one of Europe's favorite pastimes too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh it is. Im Canadian and our history is bad too. I just like making fun of Americans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) I get it, it's easy to make fun of us. i just hate holier than thou european chodes who take things seriously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago To be fair, a lot of the world feels that way about Americans. We certainly do up here. Just look at the 51st state rhetoric. Its obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 child) No. They earned it by forcing slaves to mine the land stolen from their Indigenous people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 child) I love when Europeans talk about American slavery and colonialism like its not one of Europe's favorite pastimes too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh it is. Im Canadian and our history is bad too. I just like making fun of Americans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) I get it, it's easy to make fun of us. i just hate holier than thou european chodes who take things seriously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago To be fair, a lot of the world feels that way about Americans. We certainly do up here. Just look at the 51st state rhetoric. Its obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 child) I love when Europeans talk about American slavery and colonialism like its not one of Europe's favorite pastimes too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh it is. Im Canadian and our history is bad too. I just like making fun of Americans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) I get it, it's easy to make fun of us. i just hate holier than thou european chodes who take things seriously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago To be fair, a lot of the world feels that way about Americans. We certainly do up here. Just look at the 51st state rhetoric. Its obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh it is. Im Canadian and our history is bad too. I just like making fun of Americans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) I get it, it's easy to make fun of us. i just hate holier than thou european chodes who take things seriously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago To be fair, a lot of the world feels that way about Americans. We certainly do up here. Just look at the 51st state rhetoric. Its obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) I get it, it's easy to make fun of us. i just hate holier than thou european chodes who take things seriously. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago To be fair, a lot of the world feels that way about Americans. We certainly do up here. Just look at the 51st state rhetoric. Its obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago To be fair, a lot of the world feels that way about Americans. We certainly do up here. Just look at the 51st state rhetoric. Its obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CriticalThought@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children) Sorry. Not all of us were able to get our country’s gold from the nazis. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago* I’ll have you know most of us got our gold long before the nazis came to power. We had colonies to exploit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago The Nazis plundered Europe to get that gold. Not sure where you're getting the idea that the Nazis were a European enrichment scheme, other than maybe for Switzerland. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago* I’ll have you know most of us got our gold long before the nazis came to power. We had colonies to exploit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago The Nazis plundered Europe to get that gold. Not sure where you're getting the idea that the Nazis were a European enrichment scheme, other than maybe for Switzerland. permalink fedilink source parent