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[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 16 points 22 hours ago

My hypothesis: this might have something to do with the idea that Proto-Indo-Europeans invented the wheel*. The wheel was only invented once** so therefore “white people invented the wheel” is something believed by fascists. Wheel = round so this guy is somehow extending that to “white people invented round things.”

That or as someone said below he believes native Americans couldn’t cut things before Europeans showed up? but I somehow find that even more sad and absurd than my above hypothesis that I can’t even believe that.

*which I believe there is some debate about, but western Ukraine is one strong candidate for invention of the wheel, and one which white people will obviously grab on to.

**once in the “old world” and once in the “new world” but in the americas it was only ever used for toys and there’s no evidence of wheeled vehicles.