Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agoChina backs Argentina’s Falklands claim, calls for end to ‘colonial thinking’www.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkChina backs Argentina’s Falklands claim, calls for end to ‘colonial thinking’www.scmp.comAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago a fascist military junta tried to seize the islands against the wishes of 99% of the inhabitants this is what you’re defending lol (not throwing shade just saying)
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCounterpoint: the inhabitants were British.
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agocounter-counterpoint, the invaders were overt fascists
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWell the fascists are gone but the British remain. Time to get that territory under Argentinian control.
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agopursuing an imperial spanish claim to own the inhabitants of a pointless little island chain
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDon’t pretend that Argentina is still the Spanish Empire. They’re an actual local government. And it’s not a “pointless” island chain. Britain is literally drilling for oil and gas there right now. Totally innocent definitely-not-imperialism: https://rockhopperexploration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Rockhopper-Annual-Report-2022-WEB-FINAL.pdf They’re just islanders guys, pay no attention to the British navy ships and oil drilling!
minus-squareWoofWoof91 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoi’m not lmao the argentinian claim is inherited from the spanish colonial government
this is what you’re defending lol (not throwing shade just saying)
Counterpoint: the inhabitants were British.
counter-counterpoint, the invaders were overt fascists
Well the fascists are gone but the British remain. Time to get that territory under Argentinian control.
pursuing an imperial spanish claim to own the inhabitants of a pointless little island chain
Don’t pretend that Argentina is still the Spanish Empire. They’re an actual local government. And it’s not a “pointless” island chain. Britain is literally drilling for oil and gas there right now.
Totally innocent definitely-not-imperialism: https://rockhopperexploration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Rockhopper-Annual-Report-2022-WEB-FINAL.pdf
They’re just islanders guys, pay no attention to the British navy ships and oil drilling!
i’m not lmao
the argentinian claim is inherited from the spanish colonial government