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[โ€“] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

After WW2 most of the worlds imperialism, death and destruction and theft has shifted. The main perpetrator went from being Europe to the US. With Europe remaining complicit of course.

[โ€“] GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

That's a fair point. The US empire expanded tremendously after all the war profiteering from WW2, which allowed for the evil that we see today.