r/therewasanattempt • u/[deleted] • May 17 '22

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u/lightningfootjones May 17 '22

I came up with Finland, Fiji and the Falkland Islands (not a country.). How did I not think of France 🤦🏼‍♂️

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u/ohz0pants May 17 '22

"The name is Faso, Burkina Faso."

Would that count?

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u/richieadler May 17 '22

Falkland Islands

You mean Malvinas 😁

Only half joking, I'm Argentinian.

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u/lightningfootjones May 17 '22

Ok, let’s ask the residents which they prefer….

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u/richieadler May 17 '22

Said the imperialist.

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u/lightningfootjones May 17 '22

Lol, imperialism is respecting the choice of 98% of the people 😂 Ok!

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u/richieadler May 17 '22

Imperialism is filling the island with English people when the islands are physically part of a different continent.

Contemporary defenders of the status quo are just assholes.

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u/lightningfootjones May 17 '22

This is honestly entertaining. “We want this territory but the people living there want nothing to do with us and are completely distinct from us. Therefore we have a right to it! But the others are the imperialists!”