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After beating England, Argentine football players waved a banner which said: "The Malvinas Islands (Falkland) belong to Argentina" (lemmy.zip)
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[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week 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.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

But not the Falklands, when the British arrived the population consisted of Penguins and nothing else.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week 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".