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minus-squareBob Robertson IX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down13·edit-25 months agoIsn’t this what the United States did, just without the genocide? yes, I know they too have committed genocide but I’m referring specifically to this action
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up21·5 months agoI mean yes, only the US did it more than a hundred years ago. A more modern comparison would be Israel, and, well… yeah.
minus-squarexor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoYeah, and it also somewhat happens as a consequence of building military infrastructure there too. Military bases need people to staff them, and those people need food, water, entertainment etc etc
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoCanada too (1953). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Arctic_relocation I’m sure it is wrong, but it also the way geopolitics is played.
Isn’t this what the United States did, just without the genocide?
yes, I know they too have committed genocide but I’m referring specifically to this action
I mean yes, only the US did it more than a hundred years ago. A more modern comparison would be Israel, and, well… yeah.
Yeah, and it also somewhat happens as a consequence of building military infrastructure there too. Military bases need people to staff them, and those people need food, water, entertainment etc etc
Canada too (1953). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Arctic_relocation
I’m sure it is wrong, but it also the way geopolitics is played.