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Yep. We still control: - Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands - Guam - Northern Mariana Islands - American Samoa - Baker Island - Howland Island -
by throwawaaarrgh 3y ago
Yep. We still control:
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- American Samoa
- Baker Island
- Howland Island
- Jarvis Island
- Johnston Atoll
- Kingman Reef
- Midway Atoll
- Palmyra Atoll
- Wake Island
However, we also lost a bunch of territories between 1948 and 1982, particularly the Philippines and the Panama Canal. Can you imagine how much richer we'd be if we had developed the Philippines into a manufacturing hub right before China became one?
- bryanlarsen 3y agoImagine how much of a hypocrite we'd be if we taxed the Philippines without representation, or how different politics would be if 113M Filippinos voted in American elections...