US Foreign Policy 4.0: making the world safe to flee to if the MAGAts win here

[Kepler]

Of course it was: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/21/europe-latest-news-russia-ukraine-war-updates-zelenskyy-putin-g20?page=with:block-69204d2e8f08a77eddc21bbe#block-69204d2e8f08a77eddc21bbe

jfc

Good god. Can we shitcan them all for treason, yet?

 

[Slap Shot]

I thought that both Bangkok and Manila were large but Bangkok is only 600 and Manila 240 sq miles respectively.

 

[St. Clown]

France was unusual, if not unique, in that they granted full French citizenship to their conquered colonists throughout the colonial period. For example, St. Barts is not a wholly owned subsidiary of France - it *IS* France. French passports, euro as currency, the works.

So…it’s Ancient Rome but with crepes, croissants and a funny accent.

 

[Handyman]

They had funny accents in Rome too

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

They had funny accents in Rome too

They called it "Vulgar Latin" for a reason.

 

[mookie1995]

I get that though. Boston sucks.

When mookie typed this out, Kepler was in his thoughts

 

[Jimjamesak]

LOL. OK, so how did they do that, and why? Were they reserving land against an AFB or something? That seems like more than just avoiding taxes.

I found a fun one: La Tuque, Quebec. 11,000 square miles -- 6x Anchorage. It includes an entire hydroelectric dam and its reservoir.

This is like those comparisons of stars where each is 10x the size of the former and it goes on for like 12 jumps.

Maybe the best of all: the municipality of East Pilbara, Australia. It is larger in area than Japan. 143,850 sq mi.

Anchorage is really just a case of combing a city with a borough, and boroughs in Alaska are pretty massive. It happened back in the 70’s when they combined the city and borough governments. There are more conservative portions like Eagle River that keep threatening to break off, and get the response of mostly “ok, go ahead”.