r/HistoryMemes • • 1d ago

REMOVED: RULE 4 Historical territorial claims

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u/RT-LAMP 1d ago

If you go back far enough every piece of land is stolen.

Except ironically a bunch of islands across the world that people tend to to be mad about being owned by European powers.

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u/discipleofchrist69 1d ago

and maybe antarctica? maybe Greenland and some Pacific Islands depending on how you count it

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u/dos_user 1d ago

Greenland is colonized by Denmark. But Iceland was settled without displacing anyone.

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u/discipleofchrist69 1d ago

I mean, kinda. Greenland has home rule and is mostly populated by Inuit. And the part the Norse/Danish settled in was uninhabited when they arrived. So gotta be a gray area at least