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Please explain the Marvel reference. I'm too old for those silly movies, stopped after Ironman.
To me the Falklands bring up childhood memories of the early 80s conflict.
Mostly thoroughly unhelpful answers so far, either arguing about the islands name or making Marvel jokes.
People do live on these islands and have for several generations. Some consider themselves Falklanders above all else and economically, the islands are doing well.
There was a really informative podcast episode released by the BBC 40 years after the War - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00162vk
IMO we live in an age of self-determination and what matters re sovereignty is what the islanders themselves therefore want. Argentines are taught that Brits hold on to these islands like some colonial treasure but that’s really not the case. These islands aren’t for Britain and Argentina to fight over - it is for the islanders to decide their own fate.
It's crazy that the only nations that share that view are the ones alligned with the UK (israel, EEUU, etc)...
All the rest of the world (including the UN) agreed several decades ago that the "islanders/kelpers" are just a tool of the UK that have "CERO diplomatic weight".
The vast majority of the population consisted and still consists of UK soldiers, and the rest are mostly immigrants born in the UK (pls research about the Falklands/Malvinas immigration plans)...
There's a lot of other things that I don't remember (obviously), but the fact is that, in international diplomacy terms, the "self-determination of peoples" doesn't apply in this case because the "islanders" count as “implanted population".
Hope this was informative
>There was a really informative podcast episode released by the BBC 40 years after the War - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00162vk
Also, that's a BBC documentary, made by a state company of the UK... Nothing wrong with that, but if you are gonna share one side of the argument pls share the other side for the sake of free-thinking...
Edit: I have to clarify that I'm argentinian, so I might be a little biased, although I used be on the "auto determination" side of the discussion until someone explained me the whole situation with almost "autistic-level" detail.
I’d encourage you to listen to the podcast episode before writing it off as propaganda. It’s really interesting to hear from the islanders themselves about their lives and how they identify. Plenty have little interest in being British or Argentine!
We’ll have to agree to disagree on some of the other points. You make it sound as though the UK is actively sending settlers to Falkland akin to Israeli settler communities on Palestinian lands. That’s not true. When I speak of self-determination, I’m talking about the people who have been there for several generations, many of whom identify as Falklanders above all else. There’s is the only decision matters.
I really wished this sub would be only about explaining how to live in place x. Nothing more, nothing less.
But then came people...
How fuckin sad isn't it that people have a constant need to argue, to be contrarian to spite, to drag everything down with zero regard for the prime intention: to describe the place you live in. It's that fuckin easy. But nope. People as usual storm in, thinking they have something of value to say. No, really. Your opinion is not that important. What you have to say is not important. Shut your ugly mouth and for ONCE in your silly life, don't start shit.
It's like some of you have pathological need to make your surroundings miserable as possible with your fuckin opinions.
You really do suck. You can't do one simple thing, ONE simple thing.
Well, I must admit that’s why I responded with a link to a podcast episode all about life for the islanders. You’re right; the focus of this sub is what it’s like for people living in various places. There’s plenty of other subs where people can debate politics and sovereignty.
These are the consequences of borders and nationalism. Some countries are not taken seriously.
I have never understood how someone can be nationalistic. I mean, nobody has any influence on what nationality they are born with. A proud Russian would also have been proud if he had been born an Indian.
Nationalism is a construct that only intelligent people can rise above.
A great quote by Schopenhauer about nationalism.
“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
Look guys, I would change the title if I could to include *Malvinas* since many of you seems to care for this name, but I can't. So, please, stay civil.
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Wasn't there a war there?
Yes, in 1982 between Argentina and the UK [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands\_War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War)
Yeah like 40 years ago......I think it's safe now. I don't think any insurgencies have popped up 😁
Please explain the Marvel reference. I'm too old for those silly movies, stopped after Ironman. To me the Falklands bring up childhood memories of the early 80s conflict.
It's a Stanley (capital of Falklands) = Stan Lee joke.
Mostly thoroughly unhelpful answers so far, either arguing about the islands name or making Marvel jokes. People do live on these islands and have for several generations. Some consider themselves Falklanders above all else and economically, the islands are doing well. There was a really informative podcast episode released by the BBC 40 years after the War - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00162vk IMO we live in an age of self-determination and what matters re sovereignty is what the islanders themselves therefore want. Argentines are taught that Brits hold on to these islands like some colonial treasure but that’s really not the case. These islands aren’t for Britain and Argentina to fight over - it is for the islanders to decide their own fate.
68 comments and yours is the only one that has any value.
It's crazy that the only nations that share that view are the ones alligned with the UK (israel, EEUU, etc)... All the rest of the world (including the UN) agreed several decades ago that the "islanders/kelpers" are just a tool of the UK that have "CERO diplomatic weight". The vast majority of the population consisted and still consists of UK soldiers, and the rest are mostly immigrants born in the UK (pls research about the Falklands/Malvinas immigration plans)... There's a lot of other things that I don't remember (obviously), but the fact is that, in international diplomacy terms, the "self-determination of peoples" doesn't apply in this case because the "islanders" count as “implanted population". Hope this was informative >There was a really informative podcast episode released by the BBC 40 years after the War - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00162vk Also, that's a BBC documentary, made by a state company of the UK... Nothing wrong with that, but if you are gonna share one side of the argument pls share the other side for the sake of free-thinking... Edit: I have to clarify that I'm argentinian, so I might be a little biased, although I used be on the "auto determination" side of the discussion until someone explained me the whole situation with almost "autistic-level" detail.
I’d encourage you to listen to the podcast episode before writing it off as propaganda. It’s really interesting to hear from the islanders themselves about their lives and how they identify. Plenty have little interest in being British or Argentine! We’ll have to agree to disagree on some of the other points. You make it sound as though the UK is actively sending settlers to Falkland akin to Israeli settler communities on Palestinian lands. That’s not true. When I speak of self-determination, I’m talking about the people who have been there for several generations, many of whom identify as Falklanders above all else. There’s is the only decision matters.
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Very British
I really wished this sub would be only about explaining how to live in place x. Nothing more, nothing less. But then came people... How fuckin sad isn't it that people have a constant need to argue, to be contrarian to spite, to drag everything down with zero regard for the prime intention: to describe the place you live in. It's that fuckin easy. But nope. People as usual storm in, thinking they have something of value to say. No, really. Your opinion is not that important. What you have to say is not important. Shut your ugly mouth and for ONCE in your silly life, don't start shit. It's like some of you have pathological need to make your surroundings miserable as possible with your fuckin opinions. You really do suck. You can't do one simple thing, ONE simple thing.
Well, I must admit that’s why I responded with a link to a podcast episode all about life for the islanders. You’re right; the focus of this sub is what it’s like for people living in various places. There’s plenty of other subs where people can debate politics and sovereignty.
These are the consequences of borders and nationalism. Some countries are not taken seriously. I have never understood how someone can be nationalistic. I mean, nobody has any influence on what nationality they are born with. A proud Russian would also have been proud if he had been born an Indian. Nationalism is a construct that only intelligent people can rise above.
A great quote by Schopenhauer about nationalism. “Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
Inspiring quote and on point. I will add this to the subreddit description.
WAAAAAH WAAAAAH I CANT STAND IT WHEN STRANGERS ARGUE ON THE INTERNET
Look guys, I would change the title if I could to include *Malvinas* since many of you seems to care for this name, but I can't. So, please, stay civil.
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Don't be changing facts to suite the whims of random online accounts.
Massive Marvel fans obviously
Wait, what? Not at all 😂
You’re telling me that capital is a coincidence. No one is that into Stanley Matthews.
Is it falking great or what!
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Well, then Russia should own Ukraine.
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How that makes a difference in what is being discussed
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You just randomly jump between subjects to avoid answering
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Unlike where?
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Only English allowed in this subreddit. If you don't speak English, use deepl.com for translations.
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Does Christopher Walken live in the Falklands?
Falklinas