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Re:Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia by ant6n on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:42AM (#30465422)
> Imagine if Mexico invaded Texas in 1950 and 'won'. A lot of Americans would want to 'take it back'.

Ironically it happened the other way round.

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Re:Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia by vinay427 on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:52AM (#30466288)
Yes, but this quote leaves out the distinction they made. The GP goes on to note the difference caused by who the people in the region support. In real life, as far as I can tell, most people in that region ended up supporting independence or later accession to the US, which seems slightly more similar to the more complex Ukraine situation in the GP comment than Mexico simply wanting Texas back.
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Re:Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia by ant6n on Friday February 25, 2022 @07:45AM (#30466682)
Most people in that region (Northern Mexico) were immigrants from the US.
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Re:Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia by jessaustin on Friday February 25, 2022 @05:33PM (#30473170)
Yeah we pulled that trick in Hawai'i too. Viewed a certain way, the whole nation was built through settler colonialism.
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Re:Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia by vinay427 on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:00PM (#30474648)
Yes, thanks for clarifying, that’s what I was referring to.
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