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[โ€“] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, we fucking donโ€™t. Would it be better for โ€œusโ€ and the rest of the planet if we got our shit together and finally reduced our dependency on the US, maybe even established ties with the rest of the world that donโ€™t aim for domination? Sure! Did we do anything to deserve a better fate than a painful decline into irrelevance after ruining the planet for 500 years? Fuck no.

[โ€“] maam@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

reduced our dependency on the US

I mean thatโ€™s what literally why the european Union is looking into trade negotiations with Mexico and certain South American countries recently.

painful decline into irrelevance after ruining the planet for 500 years? Fuck no.

The people in the present and future do not deserve to pay for the actions for the past unless they want to keep being racist and not owe up to the atrocities of colonialism. Not everyone agreed with the cruel actions of european leaders in the past, Christopher Columbus is a clown. It also doesnโ€™t make sense how you want the most accountable democracies in the world to fall into irrelevance, they should thrive as theyโ€™re the most prosperous that can donate foreign aid look how Norway contributes the most aid per capita.