• abies_exarchia@lemm.ee
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      16 hours ago

      Also the whole industrialization, privatization, and rise of capitalism thing in Europe that led to successive waves of emigrants leaving or being coerced from their homelands. I think in general people don’t leave their communities and families without some kind of direct or indirect violence.

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      18 hours ago

      This is why we colonise space, at least the planets without aliens living there.

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      15 hours ago

      Also homesteads weren’t exactly a great place to be. No infrastructure and tornado heaven. People lived there because it was their only choice.

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      13 hours ago

      I mean if it would’ve been empty land it could’ve worked likes this. I don’t think genocide is a necessary part of it