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0 pointsbcjdjsndon10d ago0 comments

We shouldn't be wasting a penny on colonies, this isn't the age of Napoleon anymore, get the English out of any country that isn't England.

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gaiagraphia10d ago

You're suggesting that we should run a h3 grid over the world and assign everybody territory based on their haploytype?

Or is it only the 'English' who should be confined to certain geogrpahical parameters?

I'm English and live in another nation. I'm guessing me and my family should go 'home'?

loloquwowndueo10d ago

The one thing you seem to be missing in your anticolonialist tirades is the fact that Tristan was uninhabited. It’s not like native peoples were displaced by the British colonists, right?

seszett10d ago

Many self-described anticolonialists forget that "self-determination" doesn't actually mean "people who live far away from the mainland should just fuck off and take care of themselves".

I've experienced it a bit as a Frenchman (and we have quite a few remote territories as well) who has lived on a couple of remote places (that were uninhabited as well before becoming French, but that shouldn't actually matter) and it's incredible how puny, short-sighted and simply egoistical some people can be.

TitaRusell10d ago

The Netherlands has a few islands off the coast of Venezuela.

Very few of the people who live there want full independence lol.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

I'm missing your point here

seszett10d ago

I'm saying that it is common for some people to advocate for jettisoning other parts of their country, especially if they are far away from where they live.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

I did assume, and it makes a change, but Britain isn't in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

venzaspa10d ago

No, you're correct Britain is a collection of islands in the northern hemisphere. This however is an island in the Atlantic ocean and is a British Overseas Territory.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

> This however is an island in the Atlantic ocean and is a British Overseas Territory.

Britain is actually 3 countries under the control, largely, of England. Britain is the name they use for their empire loot.

They can call it what they like, if they dont mind giving up say, the south coast of Britain? No, then pot kettle my man.

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SuddsMcDuff10d ago

This guys comment history is absolutely wild! So utterly full of hate and ignorance. Amazing how often those two things go hand in hand.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

I get mad upvotes so what does that tell you

loloquwowndueo10d ago

Karma 98 after 8 months. What does that tell you?

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gaiagraphia10d ago

You're suggesting that we should run a h3 grid over the world and assign everybody territory based on their haploytype?

Or is it only the 'English' who should be confined to certain geogrpahical parameters?

I'm English and live in another nation. I'm guessing me and my family should go 'home'?

loloquwowndueo10d ago

The one thing you seem to be missing in your anticolonialist tirades is the fact that Tristan was uninhabited. It’s not like native peoples were displaced by the British colonists, right?

seszett10d ago

Many self-described anticolonialists forget that "self-determination" doesn't actually mean "people who live far away from the mainland should just fuck off and take care of themselves".

TitaRusell10d ago

The Netherlands has a few islands off the coast of Venezuela.

Very few of the people who live there want full independence lol.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

I'm missing your point here

seszett10d ago

I'm saying that it is common for some people to advocate for jettisoning other parts of their country, especially if they are far away from where they live.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

I did assume, and it makes a change, but Britain isn't in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

venzaspa10d ago

No, you're correct Britain is a collection of islands in the northern hemisphere. This however is an island in the Atlantic ocean and is a British Overseas Territory.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

> This however is an island in the Atlantic ocean and is a British Overseas Territory.

Britain is actually 3 countries under the control, largely, of England. Britain is the name they use for their empire loot.

They can call it what they like, if they dont mind giving up say, the south coast of Britain? No, then pot kettle my man.

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SuddsMcDuff10d ago

This guys comment history is absolutely wild! So utterly full of hate and ignorance. Amazing how often those two things go hand in hand.

bcjdjsndonOP10d ago

I get mad upvotes so what does that tell you

loloquwowndueo10d ago

Karma 98 after 8 months. What does that tell you?

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