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Really? That’s what you take away from this? Never asked yourself what hell European countries still doing in places like this? Unfortunately it’s not actionabl
by onyva 7y ago
Really? That’s what you take away from this? Never asked yourself what hell European countries still doing in places like this? Unfortunately it’s not actionable but the message is clear.
- kabwj 7y agoThey discovered and conquered these places a long time ago. Those places basically belong to them. That’s how it works.
- Doxin 7y agoEven if that is true which is rather debatable, is that how it should work? Just propagating the status quo isn't always the right thing to do.
- onyva 7y agoYour personal opinion? Moral judgment? International law... breitbart... where do you get this idea from, and what is the cut off line for this white-wash determinism?
- lamarpye 7y agoI don't know exactly where the line is, but I know the US/UK keeping the islands doesn't cross it.
- avs733 7y ago"discovered" How do you discover a place that people already are or know about? I'll give you a hint...you don't. You show up their, subjugate the locals, and claim your history as the history of civilization itself.
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y agoSo in this limited case no one was actually living there before.
- seszett 7y agoTo be clear, although it was already known by fishermen, this archipelago was not occupied by locals and was first settled by the European countries that deemed it a worthy endeavour (although mostly using slaves of course). European colonisation isn't rosy, but there is a lot of misinformation out there and things happened widely differently in different places. It's really far from being a simple "subjugate the locals and appropriate their lands" story everywhere.
- p1necone 7y agoI could murder you and take all of your property. It would basically belong to me. That's how it works.
- duxup 7y agoTo be clear there are places European countries have a presence and this issue doesn't come up like this so just "still doing in places like this" seems a bit of a simplification.