Funny... to 'civilize' people by force via gun or religion... makes a whole lot of sense 🫤

… the visting English quickly determined that the Fijians were savages who needed to be “civilized.” They did so with a potent combination of missionaries and gunpowder. Fiji was forced to become a British colony. The English then exploited the incredible fecundity of F…
Fiji: Paradise with a Fragile Future
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Funny... to 'civilize' people by force via gun or religion... makes a whole lot of sense 🫤
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A complete mess but always striving to do better. Writer, editor and publisher of stories about travel, photography and messy life.
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