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[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

While OP show north america in the 1800s they failed to supply the original British mandate area from the 1920s which gives a bit perspective to the next images. Also note that while the Jewish leadership accepted the UN partition plan it was rejected by the Arab/Palestinian over and over.

And it is not a meme.

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[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 136 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You forgot the pre-1700s picture where all of the US is red.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 80 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Bloodthirsty british and european settlers, greedy for land, wiped out hundreds of native tribes, each with rich cultures, art, languages, and beliefs. And most of this happened less than 150 years ago.

Clearing an entire continent of peoples is unprecendented in history, and what's worse, is that it's still ongoing, and no one has had to account for this earth-shattering crime.

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Microw@piefed.zip -5 points 6 days ago

Well it's low effort and loses a lot of nuance in the way it draws its maps, so there is that

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is this supposed to mean? Are you insinuating that the genocide of palestinians or native americans is trivial?

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The past can’t be changed but we need to be aware of the atrocities of the past. But now it can be prevented and something can be done to stop it but world powers are sitting on their asses to fill their pockets. We should be learning from history not repeating it.

The ambiguity of the meme format makes it seem like rage engagement bait

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