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  • There’s a material reason that the narrative takes this form on top of the colonialist/supremacist reasons.

    When Europeans first made contact, they brought disease that destroyed native civilization. I’ve read that more than 90% of the population was wiped out by smallpox and other diseases. By the time Europeans came back to settle, the continent felt empty and unclaimed.

    To add even more to the bullshit narrative, indigenous cultivation was no longer possible. Vast swaths of land went from carefully managed prairie and farm field to feral forest. However, the forest was young enough to be cleared easily. The settler’s ease at clearing the “wild” forest was evidence of their superiority over the backwards and lazy natives, who couldn’t put such blessed land to good and Godly use.

    The native cultivation was/is highly advanced and developed for specific climates- it’s really fascinating. I find it depressing that the way many people are taught erases that in favor of eminent domain style narratives.









  • FarvanatoScience Memes@mander.xyzLPT: Go get a shot, now.
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    6 months ago

    It very likely has been a problem and is just being underreported.

    A single infection often doesn’t cause much harm, but those who have constant exposure and infections (teachers especially) are having major health problems. It’s barely mentioned outside of science papers.




  • Farvanatopolitics@hexbear.netredacted.
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    7 months ago

    Who reported it? Did someone in the FBI leak it? Why? Is the source named, so that MAGA doesn’t brush this aside? How are those in power reacting?

    These screenshots of a Twitter account repeating a headline from a different publication are fucking useless, and I wish they would stop being posted.