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

  • SerLava [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Hilarious how the Spanish are pissed about Gibraltar while having the same fucking thing on the exact other side.

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I don't think they're mad about the tax haven, I think they're mad about the territorial incursion.

        • camaron28 [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          What incursion? It has been there for 500 years and neither Morocco or Spain existed back then.

          • NeverGoOutside [any]
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            4 years ago

            It should be part of Morocco. Duh.

            When your fortress enclave gets questioned and you’re like “but it’s been there for so long!” Fucking lol.

            • camaron28 [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Lmao, why.

              Yeah sure, let's give them two cities that have been spanish for 500 years to the country currently occupying the Sahara and murdering everyone there.

              • Gayan [undecided]
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                4 years ago

                Stop saying 500 years like its a reasonable argument. THE COLONIAL PERIOD WAS 500 YEARS AGO COLONIZER TRASH. Its a terrible argument in defense of european ownership of African land.

                • camaron28 [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  Oh, now i see, so the whole argument was indeed "map look nice".

                • camaron28 [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  Oh, now i see, so the whole argument was indeed "map look nice".

                  • Gayan [undecided]
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                    4 years ago

                    Ah, yes, minimizing the damages of european colonialization to "making the map ugly" is very fitting for a dumbass like you.

          • SerLava [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            The Spanish exclave cities have been both casus belli and staging grounds for colonial wars on Morocco. Melilla was just a garrison until the Hispano-Moroccan war of 1860 after which they rapidly built a city.

            The whole point of owning territory there is to control Mediterranean shipping, not to have a laugh on the beach.

            • camaron28 [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Sure, as i said, it's a city, not a resort. Comparing it with all those turist cities for white people in third world countries is disingenous.

              • SerLava [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Ok but you get what Gibraltar is for? It's so they could shoot boats right? Same idea there, just a bit earlier. Gibraltar has a city too, I can put a city anywhere. Jamestown was a city.