1984 but it’s actually 82

  • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    It’s a settler state fighting a coloniser state on the basis that the settler state is the one who really deserves to own a rock far out in the ocean on the basis of a dubious historical claim against the wishes of the people who live there.

    • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      I don’t think it matters a whole lot given that the island was uninhabited when they got there. All that matters here is truly the people that exist today.

      • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        it probably costs the UK money to maintain its presence on the islands, so in the name of austerity, they should forcibly repatriate the inhabitants to england and leave the islands empty once again.