• OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m not conservative.

    The premise that America started as a country when the first slaves landed in 1619 is false.

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      1 year ago

      When do you think America (as a country, not a nation-state) started? And what makes yours more factual than the 1619 narrative?

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        1 year ago

        1776 is when America started. In 1619 there was no America the country, it was brittish colonies. 1619 wasn’t even the first African slaves to step foot on the North American continent, they were just the first to arrive to one specific colony in Verginia.

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          1 year ago

          I see. This is the level of understanding we’re dealing with.

          I know all that. That’s why a said as a country, not a nation-state; to differentiate between national culture and government It was the nation-state that started in 1789. I’m not wasting any more time arguing with you. It’s clear we won’t understand each other.