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Worth noting that the Chinese ambassador also called it the Malvinas throughout, not the Falklands.

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[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

lol idealist nonsense. Argentinians would see more wealth from owning the islands than they do now.

[-] Staines@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Idealist nonsense, says the person who wants to divide up all natural resources equally into amorphous national state boundaries regardless of the wishes of the people who live there, until all national states have equal populations, areas, and access to natural wealth?

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

You're literally just spewing more idealist nonsense. You know that countries are a thing that still exist right? Either Argentina gets to benefit from the islands, or Britain (lmao) does. You're saying the British should benefit because they colonized some islands hundreds of years ago and there's a couple thousand people there. If there was 1 person living in the Falklands, would that justify oil and gas drilling and a British military outpost?

[-] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

yes, because people matter more than realpolitik shit

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

Apparently poor Argentinians who could benefit from social program funding don't matter, but white British people living in a colonial outpost do.

[-] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

people who live in a place when they have not displaced a native population do matter more than a random government who are pursuing an imperial claim from their former imperial masters yes

[-] Staines@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Or maybe (radical, I know, wow), people matter equally, and we shouldn't forcibly deport or integrate them into various countries due to arbitrary vibes?

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

When did anyone say anything about deporting people?

[-] Staines@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry, my bad, you're going with "forcibly integrating".

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

lmao are y'all trying to do a "reverse colonialism" thing? Literally the only thing that would likely change is who they pay taxes to and where they get there food from (shipped from Argentina probably instead of shipped 7,000 miles).

[-] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

it isn't "reverse colonialism" it's just colonialism

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