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* {{Class link|Pyro}} : Spanish Empire / Mexican Empire (only class actually from the Badlands) | * {{Class link|Pyro}} : Spanish Empire / Mexican Empire (only class actually from the Badlands) | ||
* {{Class link|Demoman}} : [[Demoman#Trivia|Black Scots]] originate from Scotland being the center of the Slave Trade Triangle. | * {{Class link|Demoman}} : [[Demoman#Trivia|Black Scots]] originate from Scotland being the center of the Slave Trade Triangle. | ||
| − | * {{Class link|Scout}} : New England [[w: | + | * {{Class link|Scout}} : New England [[w:The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America#The_nine_nations|Nation]], ''de facto'' capitol was Boston / Global Trade Empire |
:: Boston became the Slave Trade Triangle center after the U.K. abolished slavery in the British Isles. Eventually, Boston became the center of U.S. Abolitionists. | :: Boston became the Slave Trade Triangle center after the U.K. abolished slavery in the British Isles. Eventually, Boston became the center of U.S. Abolitionists. | ||
:: New England's Abolitionists colonized the Plains Indians starting in Kansas in the 1850s. | :: New England's Abolitionists colonized the Plains Indians starting in Kansas in the 1850s. | ||
* {{Class link|Soldier}} : Post-WWII global U.S. hegemony | * {{Class link|Soldier}} : Post-WWII global U.S. hegemony | ||
| − | * {{Class link|Engineer}} : [[w: | + | * {{Class link|Engineer}} : [[w:The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America#The_nine_nations|Dixie Slavers]] colonized the [[w:The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America#The_nine_nations|Mexican Empire and Southern Indians]]. |
;Missing? | ;Missing? | ||
* [[Suijin|Japanese Empire]]? | * [[Suijin|Japanese Empire]]? | ||
| − | * China? No. China was subject to all of the above empires under [[w:Unequal_treaty#China|Unequal_treaties]] ... until Belt and Roads. | + | * China? No. China was subject to all of the above empires under [[w:Unequal_treaty#China|Unequal_treaties]] ... until Belt and Roads (oh, yeah, huge, global <strike>Imperial</strike> <u>Liberation</u> ambitions). |
[[Category:User Mikado282's Nostalgia Tour]] | [[Category:User Mikado282's Nostalgia Tour]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:15, 25 September 2022
Typical cartoon in Mikado282's childhood history books.
For all of the TF2 Class characters, their item sets do include references to the Imperial pasts of each of their cultures.
Heavy : Russian Empire / Soviet Empire
Medic : Germain Empire / Nazi Germany
Sniper : United Kingdom
Spy : French Empire (How come there is no French Foreign Legion item set?!?!?!)
Pyro : Spanish Empire / Mexican Empire (only class actually from the Badlands)
Demoman : Black Scots originate from Scotland being the center of the Slave Trade Triangle.
Scout : New England Nation, de facto capitol was Boston / Global Trade Empire
- Boston became the Slave Trade Triangle center after the U.K. abolished slavery in the British Isles. Eventually, Boston became the center of U.S. Abolitionists.
- New England's Abolitionists colonized the Plains Indians starting in Kansas in the 1850s.
Soldier : Post-WWII global U.S. hegemony
Engineer : Dixie Slavers colonized the Mexican Empire and Southern Indians.
- Missing?
- Japanese Empire?
- China? No. China was subject to all of the above empires under Unequal_treaties ... until Belt and Roads (oh, yeah, huge, global
ImperialLiberation ambitions).
