FireTower@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL America had its First Native American Vice President in 1929, Charles Curtislemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoWhen you’re staring down the barrel of genocide, survival is all that matters to all but the most flagrant with their life. Very few people give a shit about their culture when you’re looking at your children and deciding whether they should die for your cause. I’d like to think that’s gonna be a hard no for 99% of good people.
minus-squareasteriskeverything@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThank you so much for pointing out my blind spots. You’re 100% right and my making light of it was insensitve and disrespectful. (I’m replying this to both of you so you have the notification, as both posts gave me a lot to reflect on. )
When you’re staring down the barrel of genocide, survival is all that matters to all but the most flagrant with their life.
Very few people give a shit about their culture when you’re looking at your children and deciding whether they should die for your cause.
I’d like to think that’s gonna be a hard no for 99% of good people.
Culture endures.
Thank you so much for pointing out my blind spots. You’re 100% right and my making light of it was insensitve and disrespectful. (I’m replying this to both of you so you have the notification, as both posts gave me a lot to reflect on. )