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Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by Ekaros on Saturday May 07, 2022 @04:44PM (#31298404)
They didn't do much colonization because they were too busy fighting wars with each other... For centuries... WW1 and WW2 and even the current conflict is just singular events in long line of internal wars of Europe.

Also something that should not be easily forgotten or ever forgiven is the missionary work by religious groups... Destroying cultures around world. It is sad we have not punished them for that and maybe even banned them to protect the future.

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Re:Japan's population falls by record 644,000 to 125.5M in 2021 by Aurelius3 on Sunday May 08, 2022 @02:24AM (#31301810)
>They didn't do much colonization because they were too busy fighting wars with each other

No, nearly every one of the countries I listed had simply no intention or means to colonize effectively at a profit, has nothing to do with preoccupation with continental wars.

> Also something that should not be easily forgotten or ever forgiven is the missionary work by religious groups

Again, all of the countries I mentioned had very little if not null participation in this, and yet to varying degrees they are being punished for it...

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