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twelvefloatinghands, 
“the british”
DragonTypeWyvern, This is completely unfair to the extreme efforts of evil undergone by the French, Portuguese, Dutch, and Italians.
twelvefloatinghands, True
diskmaster23, And the Spanish
Agent641, Dont forget the Belgians. Youll wish you could, but don’t.
ikidd, 
“Aaaaahhh… the French.”
Smorty, “Or is it the EUs fault?”
John_Coomsumer, An alternative universe where the Economist turned out to actually practice introspection
TheBlue22, I do remember when my country Slovakia colonised Africa, good times /s
EfreetSK, 
Me too, each year I spend my vacation in SOT (Slovakia Overseas Territories)
TheBlue22, Celkom napiču meme toto, musim uznať. Takto generalizovať… vyzerá OP ako kkt
TranscendentalEmpire, Well, I mean Slovakia didn’t exactly exist as a nation during the majority colonial expansion. They were part of the austro-hungarian empire, which did participate in some colonialism, though less than most at the time.
TheBlue22, Yeah. We were the colonized ones to be honest. Always the lesser under the Hungarians mainly.
Although calling it colonization is a bit of a stretch to be completely blunt
ssfckdt, 
"We couldn't even find a decent civilization to be colonized by." -- Mark Renton
TranscendentalEmpire, Although calling it colonization is a bit of a stretch
Idk I think it’s pretty fitting. I just think it’s an older type of colonialism, more similar to how the ottomans typically treated their holdings.
Alpha5, Ah yes, the most brutal were eastern European, Ukrainian, Polish and Baltic colonies
(Not denying colonialism was and is a fucking disease, just think it’s unfair to judge ALL of Europe for it when it is basically exclusively western Europe that did that shit)
gravitas_deficiency, Imperial Russia has entered the chat
USSR has entered the chat
Franzia, Colonialism ia over. The continuing neo-colonialism is the problem.
DragonTypeWyvern, It’s even dumber to blame the Balkans for neo-colonialism.
They can’t even colonize their neighbors, and they really really want to.
Franzia, I just… Misread your comment and didnt mean to imply I was disagreeing, but thought I was adding something by being succinct.
UndercoverUlrikHD, Don’t forget Iceland, the most brutal coloniser of them all.
BanthaFood, 
That’s a particularly nasty one
schmorpel, both the headline and the insect, yes
Guru_Insights99, I know, this post and most of the comment section is being incredibly racist. I wish people in this subreddit would be more accepting but what do I know 🙄🙄 Guess mods are asleep
FlyingSquid, 
You don’t want to get bitten by a Europe. You’ll get an urge to buy lederhosen and eat waffles.
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