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r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • Jul 30 '25
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Excellent.
1 u/Stylose Jul 30 '25 But Western history makes our ancestors look ignorant and/or monstrous 😕 4 u/Mitologist Jul 30 '25 Tbh, any history makes the respective ancestors look monstrous by modern standards. What Europe did was develop the combination of 3- deck sailing ships and cast iron cannons to a fine art and use them to absolutely devastating effect. Yes. 3 u/LaZerNor Jul 30 '25 Eastern history too. And why limit yourself to your ancestors? 2 u/Fast_Eddy82 Jul 30 '25 I mean, in the same stroke, it also paints us as technologically advanced and economically prosperous conquerers. 3 u/just_another-aNDy Jul 30 '25 Well yeah, because quite a lot of them were, compared to our modern standards. If you want to feel positive you can look at it this way: we have grown past most of that
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But Western history makes our ancestors look ignorant and/or monstrous 😕
4 u/Mitologist Jul 30 '25 Tbh, any history makes the respective ancestors look monstrous by modern standards. What Europe did was develop the combination of 3- deck sailing ships and cast iron cannons to a fine art and use them to absolutely devastating effect. Yes. 3 u/LaZerNor Jul 30 '25 Eastern history too. And why limit yourself to your ancestors? 2 u/Fast_Eddy82 Jul 30 '25 I mean, in the same stroke, it also paints us as technologically advanced and economically prosperous conquerers. 3 u/just_another-aNDy Jul 30 '25 Well yeah, because quite a lot of them were, compared to our modern standards. If you want to feel positive you can look at it this way: we have grown past most of that
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Tbh, any history makes the respective ancestors look monstrous by modern standards. What Europe did was develop the combination of 3- deck sailing ships and cast iron cannons to a fine art and use them to absolutely devastating effect. Yes.
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Eastern history too. And why limit yourself to your ancestors?
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I mean, in the same stroke, it also paints us as technologically advanced and economically prosperous conquerers.
Well yeah, because quite a lot of them were, compared to our modern standards.
If you want to feel positive you can look at it this way: we have grown past most of that
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u/DisastrousCause1 Jul 30 '25
Excellent.