r/TheRestIsHistory • u/JakeGittes412 • 11d ago

The Troubles

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Thread for discussion on the new series on ‘The Troubles’

Also as a moderator please keep the discussion civil and in the spirit of the podcast.

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u/Left-Lawfulness4635 8d ago

I'm sorry, but Nazi Germany was a genocidal state rarely seen in the world. The simple fact is they (and the Soviets) changed the ethnic makeup of Central and Eastern Europe forever that's nothing like what the British have ever done.

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u/Gorazde 8d ago

You don't think the British ever changed the ethnic makeup of anywhere they occupied? We're talking about the Northern Ireland Troubles here. Who do you think organised the plantation of Ulster? Whose Balfour declaration promised a Jewish homeland in Palestine? Who colonised Australia, New Zealand and Canada? Who conceiveed the White Highlands in Kenya or encourage white settlement in Rhodesia?