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minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoYeah well they invented Islam and Christianity so they’re still winning in the “causing violence” department
minus-squareunfreeradical@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoReligions are not invented but rather evolved, and the two you mention came into form long before the life of anyone currently living.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoI’m just following the logic of the meme. I don’t think Britain’s current living population had much of a hand in making the Middle East.
minus-squareDoorbook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 days agoWhat you think irrelevant when there are fact you can check.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoSuch as? This article trails off around 80 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_foreign_policy_in_the_Middle_East
minus-squareunfreeradical@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·2 days agoThe UK participates in global imperialism in partnership with the US. It benefits from imperialism, whereas states in the Middle East are subordinated as vassals, or otherwise marked as enemies.
Yeah well they invented Islam and Christianity so they’re still winning in the “causing violence” department
Religions are not invented but rather evolved, and the two you mention came into form long before the life of anyone currently living.
I’m just following the logic of the meme. I don’t think Britain’s current living population had much of a hand in making the Middle East.
What you think irrelevant when there are fact you can check.
Such as? This article trails off around 80 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_foreign_policy_in_the_Middle_East
The UK participates in global imperialism in partnership with the US.
It benefits from imperialism, whereas states in the Middle East are subordinated as vassals, or otherwise marked as enemies.