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Yanqui go home (lemmy.ml)

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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The English never stated that god promised them some land.

They just took it for the Crown.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago

"God, King and Country" definitely implies it

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Isn't the point of the whole "divine right of kings" that the kings actions follow the will of god? Or worded a bit differently, that a king works as a god's proxy.

This would mean that taking land for the crown means taking it in the name of god, right?

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah the excuse the Brits and French used for land theft was to better the savages and teach them about Christ.

" god gave me this land " is manifest destiny reserved for settler colonies like the US and Israel.