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[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Denmark wants what is rightfully theirs, back! Give USA back to Denmark!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Please submit your bid to purchase the property colloquially known as the US to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It wasnt genocide I realize but didnt the Vikings engage in conflict with the Indigenous population?

[–] Rusty 19 points 4 days ago

Viking gonna viking

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Historical figures can have a little conflict

as a treat

It's when they get so bad about it that their own contemporaries are disgusted by their behavior that "by the standards of their time" no longer applies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

tbh the population had conflict in of itself, so like participating in it is... explaiable. It becomes worse when you show up and round them all up.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

HINGA DINGA DURGEN

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Obligatory β€œVinland Saga” promo.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

The Polynesians also beat Columbus here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I'm a Viking Hippie and I approve this post.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Greenlander ❀️