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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 50 points 3 weeks ago

They're also literally in the process of invading to claim more land.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tbf it is enormous but the Mercator projection also exaggerates its size.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 38 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

90% of it’s a frozen wasteland, and the other 10% is a normal wasteland.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 6 points 2 weeks ago

None of it is normal.

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Climate change will change that.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

11% of the total land mass is still 11% of the total land mass

[–] CurbCuts@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah but 11% dosen't mean much without comparison.

Russia: 11%

China: 6.26%

United States: 6.14%

Canada: 6:11%

Brazil: 5.61%

Australia: 5.16%

India: 2.00%

Argentina: 1.84%

Kazakhstan: 1.81%

Algeria: 1.60%

Edit: https://statisticstimes.com/geography/countries-by-area.php

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's exactly the point

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 weeks ago

It makes perfect sense for a European country that didn't extend past the Urals until the 17th century to border the Korean peninsula.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 2 weeks ago

They don't even use all that land. They just like to have it. Like a billionaires do with money.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Canada:

[+] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml -15 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

So when britain colonized half the world its not imperialism because britain is just so tiny. Wow this is so intellingent

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's funny how nobody said that at all until one of you drooling .ml tankies oozed in here.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When Britain spanned half the world it was a lot bigger than an island. (◉‿◉)

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago

Logical fallacy

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where are you finding people who claim that British colonialism wasnt Imperialism?????

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He's from .ml, so naturally he has enough buffoons sitting around a conference table in his mind that he always has some absurd strawman to tear apart that literally no one mentioned but him...

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Infomercial voice have you ever wanted to complain, but the other people in the thread have failed to give you anything to strawman? Thats okay! You can just invent a guy! Thats right, there is always someone you can strawman when you just make it up! Now your arguments will be perfectly sound.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So you're comparing a past empire with an existing one, how nice.

Since we're here, I also wonder why no one said about Mongolia and Genghis Khan when they also colonized half the known world. So much hypocrisy.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Genghis Khan wasn't European, so therefore everything he did was reconquista, and calling him a brutal imperialist is just xenophobic western propaganda /s

The mind of a tankie...

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Okay, you won!

I was just about to type an answer to this, lmao.

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