• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    You’re confusing the fact that stuff happened, with that stuff being the go to thing to do. Even the Mongols preferred to take towns with the populace intact so they could get taxes as soon as possible. Popular history blows the genocidal stuff way out of proportion.

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      21 days ago

      Dude. I’m confusing “the fact that stuff happened” with the fact that stuff happened lmao

      I don’t know what history you’re reading, but sexual violence and the destruction of towns and cities has been pervasive in war for millennia. Here’s a brief introduction for you

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        21 days ago

        Stop. Just stop. If you can’t defend this-

        When you say “they,” are you referring to all humans throughout all of human history? Not conquering/displacing people is a much more recent international norm

        Without bringing up a Wikipedia article about rape then you’ve already lost.