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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 144 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Funny how Argentina never thinks to ask the people who actually live there.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world -2 points 15 hours ago (9 children)

Asking the people that currently leave there is not always the correct course of action though.

You want that land over there? Then you just have to kill/displace anyone currently living there, then fill it with your own citizens, then ask them. Easy land grab. Also a genocide.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world -2 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

You want that land over there? Then you just have to kill/displace anyone currently living there, then fill it with your own citizens, then ask them. Easy land grab. Also a genocide.

That's virtually all of human history.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Nah. For most of human history there were not referendums to "let them choose". They just annexed the place.

The referendums is a relatively modern "invention".

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