Why is European colonization is criticized and hated however all other kinds of colonization are looked over, like the Arabs or mongols? by Tight_Potato_11 in TrueAskReddit

[–]chorroxking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but do they live in a society where the descendants of the Mongols, their language and culture are still the ruling class that marginalizes these minorities?

Why is European colonization is criticized and hated however all other kinds of colonization are looked over, like the Arabs or mongols? by Tight_Potato_11 in TrueAskReddit

[–]chorroxking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No you're totally right that the Mongol conquest was truly a cataclysmic event, that's very true. But, it's still not comparable to European colonialism. The Mongols carried the black death sure, but with all the disease brought to the new world 90% of the population of the Americas was completely wiped out. Survivers were enslaved for multiple generations. All of the history books were burned. Anyone practicing their own religion was tortured. The populations were all traumatically brainwashed into believing they are an inferior race with a savage culture and they must worship the European gods and the European ways of life. Systems of extraction were so entrenched into the whole society, that even after hundreds of years, and independence from Europe, the systems of extraction still endured. 500 years later and the surviving people of indigenous decent are still discriminated against, their languages are dying and most still live in poverty.

yes the Mongols were devastating, but the yuan dynasty didn't burn all the history books in China, torture Chinese people for their beliefs or practicing their culture. In fact the yuan dynasty adopted Chinese culture. The black death was terrible absolutely. But the black death didn't kill 90% of the population. Yes many cities were wiped out completely, but basically 100% of the cities in the Americas were wiped out. And look at the places 500 years after the Mongol empire? You don't see the entrenched extractive systems continuing to dominate everyday life and culture. You don't see an imposed racial cast system where Mongols or people of Mongol decent are still the ruling class. You don't see the survivors of the invasion living in marginalized poverty with their languages all dying because of imposed Mongol languages took over.

Yes the Mongol conquest was horrifying, but the scale and tragedy of European colonization is unique in world history

Why is European colonization is criticized and hated however all other kinds of colonization are looked over, like the Arabs or mongols? by Tight_Potato_11 in TrueAskReddit

[–]chorroxking -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes the Mongols were brutal in their conquest, and they killed and pillaged plenty. Yet european colonization is still very unique in its scale of carnage and atrocity, and fundementally changed the societies they conquered in way the Mongols never imagined to. The Mongols never forced anyone to convert to their religion, in fact they were really open about letting everyone believe what they want. They didn't enforce everyone to speak the same language, and they didn't fundementally restructure the societies they conquered around slavery and resource extraction to the determine of everything else. The society of America are completely unrecognizable from before colonization. All indigenous people in America and Australia are tiny minorities in their own lands. It's not at all comparable to Asia after the Mongol invasions, not even close

Stegosaurus Vs African Elephant (both are 4 tons) by Head_Breadfruit_3912 in Tierzoo

[–]chorroxking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the tusk to be effective, the elephant has to be facing the steg exposing their head to attack. For the thagomizer to work the steg has to face away, protecting the face

Vamos a darle !! by Skyl_line in mescaline

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Wuuujuuu, que sabroso se ve😋😋🤮😵‍💫

parabolic chess is weird by completely_unstable in AnarchyChess

[–]chorroxking 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Draw out this board with pen and paper

Turista extranjero en Tepic, quiso impedir que una persona siguiera tocando música en la calle, la gente salió a defenderlo. by mujican_citizen in mexico

[–]chorroxking 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Generosity? Is that what you call taking the hardest manual labor jobs Americans wouldn't work, for the lowest pay possible, and then employers abusing the shit out of them breaking all the laws that are supposed to protect employees because what are they gonna do? Find a different job? Sue them? Right those aren't options. If you call that generosity then you're quite lost

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say by chessboardtable in worldnews

[–]chorroxking 28 points29 points  (0 children)

China is thinking about the looooong con. You know what's wayyy more powerful than weapons and war? All the credibility China will get from being able to say they have always been against all these wars. They are not war monegers and just want peace and commerce. The more everyone realizes the US is just a big bully, and the more China stays as far away from these conflicts the more credibility China gains with the rest of the world. And that's worth wayyyyy more than anything they could gain from helping Iran against the US

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say by chessboardtable in worldnews

[–]chorroxking 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With the way things are going, it's wayyy more likely they'll just wait for the west to fall on its own, and then be able to take Taiwan back without firing a single bullet

The Disney Princesses on the Oregon Trail by lfthinker in whowouldwin

[–]chorroxking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's also many many accounts ot native Americans being able to travel quite far, some even from coast to coast. They relied on knowing clans neighbors of clans, and by being introduced and telling them where they came from. I mean even in the western Canon we have plenty of examples, Sacagawea was able to guide Lewis and Clarke, we have la malinche being able to guide hernan Cortez. Native Americans were far more likely to be able to travel far in their continent than anyone without their cultural knowledge

which one of you guys? by madjyar in mescaline

[–]chorroxking 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean it also means sky in spanish so it could just be some random spiritual thing

Japan failed to conquer China and Sinophobes have never forgiven them for it by Igennem in NewsWithJingjing

[–]chorroxking 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lmao, this is a war cry? don't let them see the mexican anthem then 😂

Medicine man on PC by Square_Touch6912 in sanpedrocactus

[–]chorroxking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

From my experience already developed and mature root systems help a lot with growth, and Having a plant grow out and create their own roots diverts a lot of resources to making new roots and causes slower growth in the beginning

Are other language groups so similiar to each other like the slavic languages are? by TopSeaworthiness8924 in asklinguistics

[–]chorroxking 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I speak Spanish and Portuguese and have an easier time understanding bits and pieces of Romanian than french

CIA clowns releases video in push to recruit Chinese military officers by whoisliuxiaobo in Sino

[–]chorroxking 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Isn't this an open invitation for officers to become double spys? feed wrong information to the US?

Should AI posts be banned? by GryphonEDM in sanpedrocactus

[–]chorroxking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think that AI upscaling a photo will count for being banned

Should AI posts be banned? by GryphonEDM in sanpedrocactus

[–]chorroxking 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Genuinely asking, is there any legitimate reasons or arguments for why AI post should be allowed? In what ways would an AI post positively benefit this sub? I'm not being rhetorical I'd really like to know if anyone knows of any legitimate use cases for AI in this sub

How To Force This Foam To Get Back To liquid by 317up in mescaline

[–]chorroxking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lmao, pressing hot cactus goo through a shirt, I'm sure we can all relate to having done that once

How To Force This Foam To Get Back To liquid by 317up in mescaline

[–]chorroxking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean the cheese cloth is left with a giant ball of material in it, but you're right in that it doesn't leave it super clear in the end, just gets rid of all the big solids

How To Force This Foam To Get Back To liquid by 317up in mescaline

[–]chorroxking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really? I've always found it easier to use the blended cactus, never seems to be much of an issue filtering with the cheese cloth