• solo
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    17 days ago

    Ah ok. I thought when you said

    The Herero and Nama was a genocide, yes. Not something you could single Germany out for, though.

    you meant that others where responsible for this genocide, not only the Germans.

    It has the common ground in technological and military supremacy flanked by the native, European that is, population being really into the enlightenment,

    Ouch. That’s a colonial narrative. Scary.

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      17 days ago

      you meant that others where responsible for this genocide, not only the Germans.

      Nope. I meant that Germany isn’t the only country to have committed colonial genocides.

      Ouch. That’s a colonial narrative. Scary.

      That’s a) out of context quoted like that and b) historically accurate. Colonial expansion pre-dates scientific racism. If you want earlier evil motives try Christian missionaries, universalist in their own twisted way. Though going back in history on that one I think we’d need to start with Charlemange and the christianisation-by-genocide of the Saxons.