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They discovered and conquered these places a long time ago. Those places basically belong to them. That’s how it works.
by kabwj 7y ago
They 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.