@lastpositivist you're completely right. Anti-colonialism doesn't even work as a) there was never any native falklanders
Relieving white guilt (except my Dad does it too!), feeling good about an anti-colonial gesture, trumps the governed's actual preferences
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@lastpositivist b) argentina is a colonial nation too (one of the whitest nations in south america...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@lastpositivist and c) they're the ones who have demonstrated a history of using force to achieve their aims -
@krazyignatz We agree! Why don't they just let us run things, really? - Show replies
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@lastpositivist no wonder the falklanders don't want to be argentinian. Also the falklands is actually really far from argentina anyway -
@krazyignatz Also, imagine explaining that reasoning to the islanders as you hand over power to somebody they don't want to govern them...
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