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Falklands claims by Argentina while a UK tory government is staring down the barrel of a horrible election? I've seen this one before (hexbear.net)

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[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 23 points 10 months ago

The current claim is that the people there pretty much unanimously voted that they want to remain British. Britain is in decline, but Argentina in terms of actual conditions and stability for those that live there is worse.

[-] Saeculum@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

It's a settler state fighting a coloniser state on the basis that the settler state is the one who really deserves to own a rock far out in the ocean on the basis of a dubious historical claim against the wishes of the people who live there.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 24 points 10 months ago

I don't think it matters a whole lot given that the island was uninhabited when they got there. All that matters here is truly the people that exist today.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

it probably costs the UK money to maintain its presence on the islands, so in the name of austerity, they should forcibly repatriate the inhabitants to england and leave the islands empty once again.