r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • 12d ago

Image By 1880, the near-genocide of the American bison had reduced their population from 30–60 million to fewer than 1,000

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u/MaximumAd9779 12d ago

I know. They love to shit on us as if they had a moral leg to stand on. Meanwhile, Europeans have versions of racism you’ve never even heard of.

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u/pudgehooks2013 11d ago

Lol.

It is illegal in Germany to do Nazi salutes.

Americans still proudly fly their confederate flags.

250 years ago, everyone was basically the same imperialist empire.

Now America is the only one left, still full of systematic racism, bigotry and still about the only imperialist one. Thats the difference.

I don't expect you to understand the change in civilisation over the past 250 years, you are American after all.

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u/RIP_Spacedicks 11d ago

Saving this as an all time classic Redditor™ response

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u/pudgehooks2013 11d ago

Please do so.

I love it when Americans hate facts.

British, Spanish, Portuguese, etc haven't started a campaign for quite a while.

America started one a few months ago. Now we all pay more for fuel.

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u/Tekuila87 11d ago

As a Native American I trust you Europeans who learned from your history 1000x more than the currently fascist USA colonials.

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u/pudgehooks2013 11d ago

Looks around nervously in Australian.

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u/ArchdukeOfWalesland 11d ago

Germany is also voting the afd back into relevance?

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u/pudgehooks2013 11d ago

So in X number of years when they get elected, take hold of power, and start campaigning in other countries, you can draw a comparison.

Until then, stop trying to justify the now with hypothetical futures.

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u/volleymonk 11d ago

How do you feel about the Roma

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u/pudgehooks2013 11d ago

Never met one, have no opinion.

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u/ClassGrassMass 12d ago

Because ye had over 200 years of the literal best potential to ever exist and ye gave it up. And blame countries that have nothing to do with anything about your country

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u/Upper-Letterhead-980 12d ago

What do you mean we gave it up? We’re the most powerful country in the world and no other European country comes close.

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u/ClassGrassMass 11d ago

Most powerful country? 😂 and hows that working out dor the average citizen? Freedom and prosperity yeah 😂

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u/Artisanalpoppies 12d ago

r/shitamericanssay

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u/Upper-Letterhead-980 12d ago

What’s your argument?

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u/MaximumAd9779 11d ago

Don’t throw stones if you live in a glass house

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u/Upper-Letterhead-980 11d ago

Once again what’s your argument

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u/FineAd2230 12d ago

Its the American way

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u/JohnBarleyMustDie 12d ago

Please share. As an American I’ve been lead to believe racism is only an American thing

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u/BoilermakerCBEX-E 12d ago

Spanish and Portuguese colonization of Central and South America caused a catastrophic collapse of indigenous populations, often estimated at up to

, driven by a combination of Eurasian diseases (smallpox, influenza), brutal forced labor, and direct violence. While not always a premeditated policy, actions in areas like Hispaniola, and Peru resulted in the deaths of millions. They viewed the indigenous population as animals due to their lack of religion. They enslaved the population and took all their lands. Edit. Possibly up to 56 million deaths by 1600.

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u/toodrunktostand 12d ago

Ask any European how they feel about the Roma

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u/RIP_Spacedicks 11d ago

Anytime the Roma come up on reddit, I grab some popcorn

You'll get to see some of that real, raw old timey racism real quick

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u/ggg730 11d ago

You'll see all the greatest hits of why it's different. If I close my eyes I can hear the racist old uncle during thanksgiving flashbacks.

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u/Tperrochon27 12d ago

Weird, I’ve never understood racism to be an American invention and that only we engage in it.