Post #4498095

2026-08-11 11:31 UTC

When you adopt a country, how much of its history do you adopt with it? If, for example, you're a first- or second-generation American, do you get to be proud of the Constitution? And, if yes, what about what happened to the native population? If you're British, do you get to celebrate 1966? And should you apologise for the massacre at Amritsar?

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@davep@infosec.exchange 2026-08-11 11:46

@davidnjoku@mastodon.world Slight tangent, but I'm native British and don't feel the need to apologise for Amritsar. We're still ruled by an aristocracy going back to the Norman conquest. These people own 3-4 times more land than the rest of us combined and treated the poor as a template for how they would treat empire (IMO). I have absolutely nothing in common with these people.

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@edgeofeurope@mastodon.social 2026-08-11 12:12

@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I am not proud to be Dutch, it is a coincidence to be Dutch. I am not proud of what my country (= other people who happened to be from the same place) has achieved and I do not feel guilty for what my country (= other people who, etc.) has done wrong. I could sooner have such feelings about Italian things because at the very least my being here is something I achieved. But I don't.

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