Are you sure that Franco, validated by the succes of Nazi Germany after they won the war in 1945, would not have tried to annex Portugal at some point?
The borders in Africa, middle east and west asia would not exist like they do if it wasn’t for all of europe’s imperialism. So I think the premise here is that imperialism stopped right before the discovery of the Americas.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Are you sure that Franco, validated by the succes of Nazi Germany after they won the war in 1945, would not have tried to annex Portugal at some point?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Imperialist Germany might not have happened either
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The borders in Africa, middle east and west asia would not exist like they do if it wasn’t for all of europe’s imperialism. So I think the premise here is that imperialism stopped right before the discovery of the Americas.
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think my suspension of disbelief is that strong
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
First, Salazar was in some ways similar to the regimes in Germany and Spain enough that he wouldn’t get outright annexed.
Second, not the first time we get annexed and then free ourselves