Post #4345097
2026-08-02 11:05 UTC
The English never stated that god promised them some land.
They just took it for the Crown.
Replies (3)
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@ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2026-08-03 02:23
“God, King and Country” definitely implies it
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@ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 2026-08-03 02:39
Isn’t the point of the whole “divine right of kings” that the kings actions follow the will of god? Or worded a bit differently, that a king works as a god’s proxy. This would mean that taking land for the crown means taking it in the name of god, right?
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@Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 2026-08-03 10:17
Yeah the excuse the Brits and French used for land theft was to better the savages and teach them about Christ. " god gave me this land " is manifest destiny reserved for settler colonies like the US and Israel.