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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 59 points 8 months ago (5 children)

They didn't just create the borders, but also actively pitted the different local groups in each region, all over the globe, against each other to keep them from joining forces against the colonisers and imperialists, so very deliberate war mongering.

Similar tactics are used today in the form of "culture wars" and institutional and systemic bigotry - we (the working class, the majority of the population) are divided and pitted against each other by those who want to keep us from joining forces and turning on them.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

And did pretty much the same thing with Africa

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that's why I said

the different local groups in each region, all over the globe

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 points 8 months ago

Yep sorry, missed that part 👍

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