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minus-squareNegativeNull@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoFun fact: Christopher Columbus is not celebrated in Italy or Spain. They want nothing to do with him.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThe man didn’t even make it to the mainland. He landed in Cuba, thought it was India, murdered a bunch of natives, and stole their stuff. So not too different from the British Empire, except they knew when they were in India.
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYa know, when you put it like that, it adds a whole other layer of fuckedupedness on the rotten lasagna of history.
Fun fact: Christopher Columbus is not celebrated in Italy or Spain. They want nothing to do with him.
The man didn’t even make it to the mainland. He landed in Cuba, thought it was India, murdered a bunch of natives, and stole their stuff.
So not too different from the British Empire, except they knew when they were in India.
Ya know, when you put it like that, it adds a whole other layer of fuckedupedness on the rotten lasagna of history.