katakulio:mycravatundone:imagine being a white american commie and complaining “we” asso
katakulio:mycravatundone:imagine being a white american commie and complaining “we” associate siberia with prisons DO YOU KNOW WHY WE DO THAT YOU DENSE MOTHERFUCKERI can’t speak for Siberia (or America), and don’t doubt that he is speaking in ignorance, but he makes a valid point regarding Australia. Many people here still believe that Australia was a harsh and inhospitable land before colonialists imported European crops, animals, agricultural techniques, etc. The reality was of course that Australia was only harsh and inhospitable to people who didn’t have the relevant knowledge and skills to survive here. To aboriginal people it was home and it had everything they needed. On the other hand, many people here also fail to realise that the Irish and Scottish convicts sent here were also victims of colonialism, and that even the English convicts were victims of an uncaring and punitive British government. To say that the land was home for aboriginal people and hell for convicts is not a contradiction. To say that aboriginal people suffered and continue to suffer because of white fellas, and that convicts suffered because of the British government is not a contradiction. Colonialism made Australia a prison and a punishment.cool. this post was about siberia -- source link