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> the US never claims Cuba should be part of Florida In a way, it does. Consider: if Cuba were to become a capitalist country, how much of its land and other
by asciilifeform 15y ago
> the US never claims Cuba should be part of Florida
In a way, it does.
Consider: if Cuba were to become a capitalist country, how much of its land and other natural resources would be immediately purchased by US nationals?
Americans can take de-facto ownership of foreign countries without re-coloring any maps.
- gaius 15y agoWell, US nationals of Cuban extraction, from Miami, who always wanted to go back there. But you might as well say that Britain claims to own Spain from the number of Brits who retire there.