I fucking knew that shit was a color revolution. God dammit

Its fucked up that it is normalized to kick your kid out in the west, no one deserves to go through this and I cannot imagine being that heartless

Goddammit you got my hopes up

Short hair bisexual women and their tall long haired skinny boyfriends is also a trend I have noticed

They actually never buried their statues. The ones you see in the dirt were the ones that broke during transportation and never made it to the coast to be placed on a pedestal.

The theory that cutting down trees caused ecological collapse is a myth spread by colonizers. The people of Rapa Nui were thriving and the large trees had likely been gone for centuries due to rat infestations brought by the islanders. You’d think this would collapse their ecology but the Rapa Nui people were ingenuitive. Upon noticing the increased erosion and saltiness in their soil from the sea spray they began planting walled gardens and using a technique called rock mulching that actually improved the soil quality. We actually find that the ruins they left behind are still doing their job to improve the soil with even 3 times as many minerals inside the ruins as opposed to outside them.

When the first europeans stumpled upon this island they originally thought it was a desert from a distance but upon arriving found it to be a bustling land of plenty. There was plenty of food and activity. The skeletons we have found actually showed a more nutritious diet than europeans at the time. I should also address the myth of civil war. There is no evidence of this. There are many obsidian knives but they are often found near gardens. There are no fortresses or watch towers or walls like on Rapa Iti which did experience a period of severe warfare. Its likely these people never saw battle. They even had dangerous competitive traditions that may have pacified the more warlike men’s desire for glory.

Its actually suggested by the evidence that their population never did collapse before european arrival. After the dutch arrived in the 1700s disease spread quickly and devastated their population. When the spanish arrive some 48 years later and spread a new batch of disease their population had only just barely recovered. 4 years later there were only a few hundred left and all their statues had been toppled by them. I think their faith in the protection of their ancestors was shattered at this point. They began to great foreigners with weapons

Fair point, I can see how this does not add to the conversation. Sometimes I forget I am not legitimately supposed to answer with a negative.

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Ok yes but this makes no sense to someone with zero background in marxist theory.

This is what is being referenced ^

This means that the values of a society are determined by the economic structure but also that these values then reinforce that structure. So you end up with societal values that closely allign with whatever best reinforces the base. In the case of capitalism that is typically greed. So no, money alone doesn’t corrupt people or make them greedy but the economic system that money facilitates does.

Correct me if I am wrong about anything 👍

Killed someones dog

My parents text me like once a week

Idk but grape icrecream is illegal

I sometimes swallow a bit of smoke and get really annoyed by it bc I will feel like I need to burp but be unable to. I will try this next time, thanks.

My dad has been a server engineer for a single company for my entire life and he lived like this up until quite recently. His fear oscillates in magnitude with the success of the industry the company is a part of course so it isn’t always severe but I remember every few years as a kid I’d hear him and my mother murmering about lay offs. These days he just jokes about it being an early retirement

What western politician isn’t these days

Haha

Ubuntu easily. I use linux for privacy reasons (and because I hate capitalism) sure ubuntu isn’t perfect in this regard but it is certainly better than windows

Not enough

I almost cringed but then I saw it was antiqueroadshow so I laughed instead. Incredible