• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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        at some later date, when the united states is barely a regional power, the venezuelans will forget why there was any animus in the first place and i don’t know how to feel about that.

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        2 days ago

        2? At least 6. EDIT: I take this back, I misread/read too lazily. It was 2 centuries, not decades.

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          I’ve been reading Open Veins so I pause at claiming the US was out-terrorizing Spain in the Americas, and British Empire deserve credit for their atrocities as well though it’s easy to argue USA is the continuation of that.

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            No, you’re quite right. I take it back. I read far too hastily. You clearly said centuries and I read decades.