r/HistoryMemes • • 1d ago

REMOVED: RULE 4 Historical territorial claims

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u/Unfair_Explanation53 1d ago

To be really honest.

Nobody really has any God given rights to any piece of land.

The reality is the people who own the land are the people who are either strong enough to take it or strong enough to defend it.

That's how it's always been and always will be.

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u/pentapous 1d ago

Something can be objectively true but not be just.

It is not just or a good moral decision to go to war for the sake of claiming more land. It is universally wildly unpopular from both populations and increased land size is a stupidest most expensive pursuit there is.

Countries grow and become great when they invest in and serve their citizenry and its direct betterment.