I thought the whole Falkland Islands war in the 80s was mainly as an outlet for Thatcher to rally people behind and justify austerity, which was wanted by the neoliberal admin to distract from the privatization making things more expensive.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Under the 25-year rule most govt docs are released at the National Archive and, counterintuitively, turns out Thatcher went above and beyond to prevent war, even offering to negotiate the future status of the islands. In their dictatorial vigour the Argentines declined to talk. It was only the coming of Southern winter and the prospect of an entire season where the Argentines could fortify that convinced her to send the fleet.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

counterintuitively, turns out Thatcher went above and beyond to prevent war, even offering to negotiate the future status of the islands. In their dictatorial vigour the Argentines declined to talk.

It's incredible that if the dictatorship did nothing, they'd have the fucking islands by now. Same as china and Hong Kong, they didn't have to start installing puppets and be an asshole just yet, they could just have waited a bit more and the island would be 100% theirs with 0 controversy.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

.ml account

"I thought... something wildly misinformed, because capitalism!"

I'm utterly flabbergasted. FLABBERGASTED I SAY!

[–] RaftDespairPoise@lemmy.zip 23 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I thought the whole Iran war in the 2020s was mainly as an outlet for Trump to rally people behind and justify unchecked cost of living increases, which was wanted by the billionaire class to distract from the privatization making things more expensive, and also the Epstein Files.

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 13 points 14 hours ago

I thought the whole Iraq war in the 2000s was mainly as an outlet for Bush to rally people behind and justify unchecked sprawling surveillance, which was wanted by the neocons and their rich donors to solidify their social control from / and the privatisation.

[–] yuki_gassen@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 38 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It was also so the dictator of Argentina could rally people behind him because he was losing popularity.

[–] yuki_gassen@lemmy.ml 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Oh yes, 100%. Just another case of regular people being used as pawns for the interests of the elite ig