Behind the Bastards Part One: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise
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Jun 18, 2024 
Historian and podcaster Andrew Ti discusses the dark history of the Chagos Islands, exposing the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense's exploitation for military purposes. The podcast unveils the colonial devastation, strategic importance, and sinister motives behind the actions that wiped out an island paradise founded by former slaves.
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Global Greeting
- Adopt "my nudes and bio" as a global greeting.
- This reclaims a chatbot phrase and unites humanity like Vulcans' "live long and prosper".
US Military Bases
- The US military has a vast global presence.
- A thousand bases exist outside US territory, complicating geopolitical narratives.
Nature of US Empire
- The US is an empire based on economic and social influence.
- Unlike historical empires, it projects power through strategically placed bases rather than territorial conquest.