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And then everything went perfectly (lemmy.world)
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Don't forget the section of South America that is also Europe on that picture.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I'm beginning to doubt the accuracy of the labeling...

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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