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Europe's problems are the world's problems but the world's problems are never Europe's problems.
Yeah, they really wanted to rule them all
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Europe was adjacent to Japan.
"Europe" is just an Asian peninsula with delusions of grandeur.
Right or wrong, looking at that map, it's hard to say those are delusions.
And Brazil!
Don't forget the section of South America that is also Europe on that picture.
I'm beginning to doubt the accuracy of the labeling...
It's because that little chunk of South America is French Guiana, which is a full-fledged part of France (not just a territory, but a departement with political status equal to the ones in mainland Europe).
It's also where the European Space Agency launches their spacecraft from, by the way.
Cool. I'm not sure what that has to do with the continent, though. Politically, I'm uncertain if that would count as something other than colonization, either.
It depends what aspect of colonization is important to your definition, I guess. Is it about imperialist expansion to non-contiguous territories, or is it more specifically about extracting resources from those territories for the exclusive benefit of the motherland?
At any rate, I would say that French Guiana either counts or doesn't count as a colony of France to the same extent that Hawaii counts or doesn't count as a colony of the United States.
Edit: no need to repeat myself. I think European would have been a more reasonable label.
There is probably a reason those countries all speak Spanish or Portugese.
Yes, that is what colonialism tends to do. It is still not part of Europe, which is a well defined geographic(!) region. Wiki: Europe
Thank you. Gonna save this picture for when someone calls the migrant crisis an invasion of Europe.
Projection like always.
This map is absolutely blasphemy against Haile Selassie and an insult to the people of Ethiopia.
Why do you give the honor of 'uncolonized' to The Colony of Liberia?
Do you forget The Battle of Adwa?
Do you legitimize The Fascist Pig, Mussolini's claims?.
In the name of Jah correct this at once.
Just never ask where Selassie lived in 1936-1940 and why.
In Geneva arguing with the league of nations against the fascist invasion of his kingdom. What point are you trying to make?
That the invasion succeeded.
The US took over that role after WW2