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When has straight lines worked out without genocide?
by UncleDiaz12 6y ago
When has straight lines worked out without genocide?
- ComputerGuru 6y agoColorado would like a word. I’m mostly kidding, but not entirely. The point is that they work (only?) when there are no cultural/religious/tribal implications and are merely for administrative purposes. It’s really the reason why the borders on the east coast of the USA are so messy compared to those past the Mississippi.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoI suspect that native Americans would like a word with your word.
- UncleDiaz12 6y agoExactly my point.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoThat's hardly a Colorado-specific issue. They were wronged from day 0, and forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands.
- runarberg 6y agoProbably only in Antarctica. But that is not because the lines are straight.
- phreeza 6y agoI don't think it is really about straight lines, most borders are probably where they are due to some circumstances involving lots of violence. It's just that straight lines are a modern concept, so the related violence is more present in our minds.