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 day ago
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 day 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 day 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 21 hours 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 day 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 day 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 day ago
Which were the Chinese and Russian 20th century post world war land grabs?
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 21 hours 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 16 hours ago
My comment was a reply to this argument:
Seems like Russia also didn’t grab new land after the wars.