Oh wow, 1848, great example of post-20th-century hostility. /sarcasm
Lack of hostile land grabs? West of the Mississippi, Texas, Hawaii and the Philippines would beg to differ.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 month ago
They were part of a land grab that took it from the Spanish along with Guam and some other places. Gained independence in 1946.
match@pawb.social 1 month ago
puerto rico was in that and still hasn’t gotten statehood OR independence. incidentally puerto rico is more populous than 7 countries in the EU
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
To be fair on that one, Puerto Ricans seem torn on what they want.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Proposed_political_status_for_…
Up until Trump the US has been reasonable about independence questions since WW2, for the most part. (Highlighting that independence is different than being free from interfering)
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Greenland may be on that list soon. I’m not saying I like it, I’m just saying thats the direction we’re going.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They specifically said 20th century, and were obviously referring to the post world war period.
After the wars, the US sought soft power, not territory.
Aligning with them was often a more safe move.
seeigel@feddit.org 1 month ago
Which were the Chinese and Russian 20th century post world war land grabs?
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/Territorial_changes_of_the_Peo…
en.wikipedia.org/…/Military_occupations_by_the_So…
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en.wikipedia.org/…/United_States_territorial_acqu…
Notable examples would be places like “Tibet”, several Baltic states, and an attempt on Finland. Hell, Russia is currently trying to annex Ukraine.
seeigel@feddit.org 1 month ago
My comment was a reply to this argument:
Seems like Russia also didn’t grab new land after the wars.