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[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Founded by settler-colonialists.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hey now, a bunch of those settler-colonialists also classified as war refugees, given that the continent was a near continuous bloodbath across the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Fleeing some form of religious persecution or cross-border struggle or engineered famine has been a major driver for North American migrants from the Mayflower Era right up until the modern day.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My family came over in 1733 because the French burned down every village within a couple miles of the Rhine

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Hey, I'm here with ya. My mom's grandparents fled Mussolini and my dad's grandparents fled Stepan Bandera.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Potato, po-tah-to - but I see your point.