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[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I do remember when my country Slovakia colonised Africa, good times /s

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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@mastodon.cloud 4 points 1 year ago

"We couldn't even find a decent civilization to be colonized *by.*" -- Mark Renton

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