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[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 1 month ago

Yeah America's gotta test nukes because otherwise Russia and China would use nukes on unarmed civilians like they did in the past...wait what, that was Amerikkka?

[-] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago

The only country to nuke another is America (unless you count France testing nukes in the middle of the desert in occupied Algeria, which is a different category of thing. not good, but it's not on a city.)

[-] Aradino@hexbear.net 46 points 1 month ago

There were also nuke tests on first nations land in Australia where the people were moved and told they'd get new stuff(they didn't)

The song Beds Are Burning is about it

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 38 points 1 month ago

There were also communities that weren't told about it. I remember about ten years back now there was an ACMI exhibit where an elder retold the story of seeing a mushroom cloud on the horizon. They recreated the moment in VR.

Found it: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/aboriginal-mans-story-of-nuclear-bomb-survival-told-in-vr/7913874

[-] Aradino@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

Damn I didn't actually know that. Not surprising unfortunately.

Thanks for the link

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

IIRC the Manhattan Project was tested on Native American land by forcing the people off elsewhere. They weren't compensated, of course, and most ended up on reservations. Or worse than the ones they were already on.

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