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

  • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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    4 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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      4 years ago

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

    • NeverGoOutside [any]
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      4 years ago

      Everywhere should be as autonomous as possible. —the anarchists