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Re:CCP publication calls Tibet policy a template for other e... by jimbob45 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:15PM (#28318501)
To be fair, a majority of the native population died due to the Europeans inadvertently introducing Smallpox. While I agree with your argument as a whole, I would advise against trying to use numerical arguments for Europe's treatment of the natives.
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Re:CCP publication calls Tibet policy a template for other e... by jfk13 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:46PM (#28318887)
> inadvertently introducing

Not always inadvertently, perhaps:

https://www.history.com/news/colonists-native-americans-smal...

Although that article says that "there’s only one clearly documented instance of a colonial attempt to spread smallpox", the fact that there is any "clearly documented instance" of such an attempt is pretty horrific.

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Re:CCP publication calls Tibet policy a template for other e... by Cerium on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:33PM (#28318750)
I interpreted their argument to mean that the Native Americans were 100% of the American population before Europeans arrived.
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