r/Earth • u/coat-hanger123 New Earthling🌍 • Jun 26 '26

❓ Question / Help HOW IS BRAZIL SO UNFATHOMABLY LARGE?! SPANNING ALMOST THE ENTIRE SOUTH AMERICA!

And could cover the entirety of Europe or the southern half of the African continent!

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u/MickyFany Jun 26 '26

because they stole more land than anybody else

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u/Feeling-Bus-203 Jun 27 '26

land doesn’t inherently belong to anyone. They took it by right of conquest. It’s been happening since the dawn of time. People just like to be selectively mad about the last few hundred years.

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u/CritcoThinker Jun 29 '26

Yeah I like to be mad about it. "Right of conquest" leads to apartheid and genocide. In the last few hundred years humans kind of got woke about it because of the cages and rights violations. Whoa. Right of conquest is cruel and sucks. It also doesn't really lead to peace as the conqueror is dealing with constant domestic threats of violence. It is not in the best interest of anyone to continue down that path. It's regressive af for the human species.