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minus-squareantib1rchturd@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoLegally bought from the brits. If somebody takes your house at gunpoint and sell it to me, it’s still not mine.
minus-squarepumpkinseedoillinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoNot only from the Brits but also from landlords down there. The issue: The landlords weren’t the ones who lived there (mostly nomadic people lived there who didn’t own any land but had been using the land for generations).
minus-squareantib1rchturd@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoAbsentee landlord was a cornerstone of british colonial system. They did the same to ireland
Legally bought from the brits. If somebody takes your house at gunpoint and sell it to me, it’s still not mine.
Not only from the Brits but also from landlords down there. The issue: The landlords weren’t the ones who lived there (mostly nomadic people lived there who didn’t own any land but had been using the land for generations).
Absentee landlord was a cornerstone of british colonial system. They did the same to ireland