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

      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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          edit-2
          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".

                • 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.

                  • camaron28 [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    Ahora ya sé como se sentía Sancho Panza cuando lo de los molinos. Dios mío, que turra.

                      • camaron28 [he/him]
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                        4 years ago

                        Lmao, terrible spanish. Obvious tank is obvious. Literally no one talks like that. Shit, extremely obvious google translation.

                        • Gayan [undecided]
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                          4 years ago

                          Keep crying, my latino spanish is more relevant than european nowadays, white trash.

                            • Gayan [undecided]
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                              4 years ago

                              lol, you literally talk like a stereotype of yourself. Is Don Quijote the only book you've ever read? Sure looks like it.

              • camaron28 [he/him]
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                4 years ago

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

        • SerLava [he/him]
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          edit-2
          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.

                  • camaron28 [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    ?¿?¿?¿?¿?

                    You just compared them, what's your point?

                    • SerLava [he/him]
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                      edit-2
                      4 years ago

                      Gibraltar also being a tax haven is just completely irrelevant, it wasn't established so they could have a stupid tax haven, it was established to shoot boats and extract wealth from the Mediterranean, you keep saying it's a tax haven,

                      and wait a minute

                      https://tax-free.today/blog/setting-company-in-spain

                      the Spanish government has granted them 50% tax exemption, both for commercial companies and personal assets. In other words, if you manage a company in the Spanish enclaves, you’ll only pay half of the usual corporate tax and income tax.

                      https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/corporate/tax-credits-and-incentives

                      50% tax credit on CIT levied on income obtained in Ceuta and Melilla through companies established and carrying on activities in these enclaves during a full business cycle because of their specific geographic location.

                      :cringe: they're even tax havens lmao

                    • Gayan [undecided]
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                      4 years ago

                      Being a tax haven while pissing off the spanish is so much better than having a colony within pits of barbed wire and eletric fences in african soil conquered during the colonial period.