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The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice (www.counterpunch.org)

submitted 6 days ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For decades, colonial history has been barely taught in Belgium.

Oh. Maybe you didn't know...

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

A Belgian lecturing about atrocities and empires being forgotten is particularly humorous.

Then again, I suppose the Congo Free State wasn't technically a genocide because it was economically motivated. Not based on national, ethnic, racial, or religious interests, just money.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

God. That's like It not being technically murder because you kept them alive and in agony.