Two layers of electrified, barbed wire, with armed guards to keep a colony secure. Colonialism has never actually ended

  • camaron28 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Also, they have been spanish for like 400 years. Talking about "giving it back" to Morocco is insane. Hell, technicaly they predate Spain since most historians put the creation of the modern kingdom of Spain in the early XVIII century.

    So no, this is not a HK or Puerto Rico situation. I guess it's a "bad look" to have a small city in a separate continent but that's just what it is.

    The barbed wire should be removed thought. Fuck the government who put it there and all the ones who haven't removed it.

    • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      most historians put the creation of the modern kingdom of Spain in the early XVIII century

      Due to the War of Spanish Succession? I've usually seen it dated to the late 15th century, around the unification of Castile and Aragon and the completion of the Reconquista. The latter also corresponds with the beginning of a worldwide Spanish Empire.

      We should have a thread sometime about leftist takes on who has legitimate claims to where, and why. It's not just about large states arguing over who owns what enclave, either -- who's to say when a city or region can legitimately break away from a larger state?

      • camaron28 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        If i remember correctly it's due to all the legal stuff Philip V did.

      • NeverGoOutside [any]
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        3 years ago

        Everywhere should be as autonomous as possible. —the anarchists