• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Distance means fuck all.

    Do you believe China would be happy with Great Britain owning Hong Kong indefinitely, being right next to China?

    Do you believe that if China owned the Catalina Islands off the coast of California that the US would be okay with that, indefinitely?

    Do you believe that what Russia is doing to Ukraine right now has nothing to do with the land around Russia?

    If there’s one constant in world politics, it’s that a nation’s always considers the ground around their nation as theirs as well, or at the very least in their ‘Spear of influence’, and hence their’s to control.

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      11 months ago

      Hong Kong was leased from China on a 99 year lease. The UK was required by law to return it to China, which they did.

      Unlike the Falklands!

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        I’m aware of the lease versus not situation. That is not what’s being discussed.

        Whats similar in both though are the citizens situation and which nationality they wish to be, which country they wish to belong to. That’s what’s being discussed.

        Your comment is days later, and I’m just repeating myself at this point, as I’ve already stated what I just stated above before. I think we’ve all said everything we can’t say to each other.