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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 months ago (49 children)

Can someone show me on a map where "the west" starts?

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago (7 children)

It's less a geographical or hemispheric distinction, and more a political one.

This page on imperial core is good.

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Technically, Australian's aren't colonisers; they're victims of British colonisation.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I presume whenever u say american u always mean amerindians and never anglo-americans.

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago

You're not making the point you think you are.

I understand the implications of both.

I don't truly call Australian Aboriginals "Australians", I was being facetious.

Also, I call them "Native Americans".

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