CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoKevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via Warwww.vanityfair.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down112
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minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down55·1 year agoWe didn’t get California and Texas by war, we got that by Devine right. Manifest Destiny.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 year agoI dunno who Devine is, but they clearly dont grasp the concept of rights
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPretty sure they’re a drag queen, but I don’t know why they’re being brought up in this context.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·1 year agoI believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory…after invading nearly to Mexico City.
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·1 year ago“I’ll give you $50” “It’s a million square miles!” “Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.” “YOU KILLED THEM!” “Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoA brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine… Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg… Dutch: SOLD!
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 year agoNearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limits
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·1 year agoThe Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoA shame what happened to his flag, though…
minus-squarereagansrottencorpse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThat snake should be licking a boot
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·1 year agoCorrect, but the Spanish American War was of conquest. Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa were won through war.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoAre they still teaching Kipling in the schools? https://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdf
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoConservatives: …aaaaand it’s banned.
We didn’t get California and Texas by war, we got that by Devine right. Manifest Destiny.
I dunno who Devine is, but they clearly dont grasp the concept of rights
We picked it right off de vine.
Pretty sure they’re a drag queen, but I don’t know why they’re being brought up in this context.
I believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory…after invading nearly to Mexico City.
“I’ll give you $50”
“It’s a million square miles!”
“Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.”
“YOU KILLED THEM!”
“Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
A brief history of New York becoming New York:
English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine…
Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost!
English: we have some nutmeg…
Dutch: SOLD!
Nearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limits
The Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.
A shame what happened to his flag, though…
That snake should be licking a boot
This close enough?
Yes thank you
Correct, but the Spanish American War was of conquest. Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa were won through war.
Are they still teaching Kipling in the schools?
https://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdf
Conservatives: …aaaaand it’s banned.