this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026
95 points (100.0% liked)

Chapotraphouse

14264 readers
314 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
all 19 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does it pretend to go down to zero, when there are still 17 officially UN recognized colonies? These are still left on the list of the "special committee for decolonization". Not to mention all the depended vasall states, comprador regimes etc. Also, where are all the US colonies?

[–] Sebrof@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

All that "bad stuff" is part of the past. It's called history and it has recently magically ended. Countries don't have colonies now, especially the US! We aren't some kingdom. God's in his heaven, all is right with the world

/s just in case lol

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 weeks ago

It's pretty cool that Simón Bolívar can actually be spotted in the historical timeline.

[–] replaceable@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

Not labeling axis is liberalism

[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder why 1945-1960 has given us such sharp decolonization thinkin-lenin.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

The west, being the most mature and virtuous of peoples, realised that colonisation is bad and so they decided to just stop doing it anymore out of the goodness of their hearts.

(I joke, but that's literally how it was taught to me in school)

[–] edie@lemmy.encryptionin.space 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I found the original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCg-yz8xnUF/

Here's the image:


This user is suspected of being a cat. Please report any suspicious behavior.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Here on the website of the same publication https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/how-many-colonies-europe-had

And congrats to the lemmy instance

[–] edie@lemmy.encryptionin.space 4 points 3 weeks ago

And congrats to the lemmy instance

Thanks. You know, a happy coincidence lemmy.encryptionin.space spells out les.

I do think I have to figure out how to port some of hexbears changes to my instance, the sorting algo is better on hexbear.


This user is suspected of being a cat. Please report any suspicious behavior.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

"Number of colonisations over time"

What does that mean?

[–] anoriginalthought@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's fitting that it takes the shape of a butt plug

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That largely comes down to an aesthetical preference by whoever made that chart.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 8 points 3 weeks ago

The universe has a fucked up sense of humour. What being all encompassing does to a motherfucker

That post war decolonization looks like extra colonization

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why didn't they just stack the areas normally, why is does it go above and below the x axis??

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

There's also no units. I'm guessing the shape is meant to give more visual space? If they were stacked, it would be pretty cramped.

[–] agentant@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

"I love buttplugs"

That was me until I saw the

the evil buttplug