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Anon meets a guy online (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Which, the British Empire didn't particularly give a shit about telling them apart when they drew the new "independent" borders in South Asia either. Tons of current problems in the region can be traced back to British colonialism and their divide and conquer strategy, surprise surprise.

[–] Megacomboburrito@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Same story for Africa and the Middle East

[–] hanekam@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

It's been seventy years now. How long do you think dead Britons will have more responsibility for and power over India and Pakistan than the people in those countries?