• CherenkovBlue@lemmy.myserv.one
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    97
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 month ago

    Is this…Mongolian propaganda? Because the Kahns definitely did a whole lot of subjugating, raping and murdering. Not sure that really fits the “coexist” meme…

    • scbasteve7@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      79
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 month ago

      The meme format doesn’t really work, but the joke they’re trying to make is that even though they did all these terrible things, it was never because of religion. In fact, they just didn’t give a fuck in what you believed in. Genghis even allowed religious figures to be exempt from taxation.

      • leisesprecher@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        49
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 month ago

        And let’s be honest: the Mongolians were probably not worse than any other invader. War, destruction, looting and raping is kind of par for the course for most civilizations in history.