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Victims of Imperialism (lemmy.world)
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[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know too much, but I recall learning that the Ottoman Empire was supposedly kinda accepting of different religions and whatnot and kept the peace for a long time

Was there anything good there that we could've learned from? I'm guessing there's some bad/immoral/unhelpful stuff they did but I also can easily imagine European countries just wanted their shit and thought they deserved it for whatever reason

Edit: reading rn. Ok they definitely did some fucked up shit to their enemies...

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Sorry, meant that now deleted reply for someone else.

Two words: Armenian genocide

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Oh... I see. I'll keep reading