this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
628 points (96.9% liked)

World News

44190 readers
3235 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News [email protected]

Politics [email protected]

World Politics [email protected]


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

According to former United States general Ben Hodges, the withdrawal of US troops from Europe is only a matter of time. In an interview with SonntagsBlick, he advises Switzerland to prepare for war.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, we sort of toppled an empire when we stole Hawaii, it literally was independent

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Understood. I mean California Oregon, Louisiana and Texas were Mexican at some point and mexica before the Spaniards.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oregon was British, thank you very much!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Country

FYI - The history on the Hudson's Bay Company is FASCINATING!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Going off of Russia’s rules, I think that means we (Canada) get to annex Oregon right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

I'd allow it! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

At some point. Lol...not lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Louisiana

Now France has entered the chat too! But yes, your point that history gets messy depending on the lense being used remains (at least, I hope I am not misrepresenting you)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well it was Spanish from 1763 to 1803. The USA began existing in 1776...in July of that year. When the French arrived, various Native American groups, including the Atakapa, Caddo, Chitimacha, Choctaw, Houma, Natchez, and Tunica tribes, lived in the area. You're totally right, it was actually never Mexican.

Even the California and Oregon thing is sort of a stretch. Like I'm sure there were settlements per the historical record. But I very much doubt they were actually identifying as the Mexicans we know and love today. More like Spaniards and their slaves. There's actually a really old history pre-USA of mejican exploration to create a trade route to China. Lots of Chinese people traveled for trade to the Philippines and Mexico and the same for Mexicans. Along the trade route you can find all sorts of intermixing... Mexipinos, chinexicans, japaxincans, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It wasn't called Louisiana before the French named it that, I was just having fun with the way you phrased to things

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah no worries. It got me googling.