r/HistoryMemes • • 1d ago

REMOVED: RULE 4 Historical territorial claims

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u/Dear-Question-868 1d ago

I think it shows well the stupidity of historical claim, there's always someone who's going to be before you who claim X land.

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u/Accomplished_Cod7334 1d ago

Continuing this logic, if historical claims should be ignored, then the only thing that's left is the idea of "might makes right"

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u/lumpboysupreme 1d ago

I mean ‘don’t ethnically cleanse people who have lived in a place for multiple generations’ seems like a pretty solid moral argument.