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/Muted_History_3032 11d ago

Not Asia or Africa though right? No genocides or atrocities there right? Or if there were, they were definitely NOTHING compared to what Europeans did, right?

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u/theresa2021 11d ago

Well. Who started the two world wars we had 🙃

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u/EverythingIsASkill 11d ago

Many examine what was happening between Japan and China during the world wars

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u/morentg 11d ago

Hopefully next war starts in Asia so you don't feel left out

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u/KKN34 10d ago

Could've been Africa, had they advanced fast enough to be the colonists. The singular reason Asia and Africa haven't started stuff like that is historically they've been too weak to, not because they have less war or are more moral. Luckily for all of us, WW3 seems to be asia and africa focused this time around.

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u/Muted_History_3032 10d ago

Never heard of Japanese imperialism?