Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I just do not understand what the big deal is about the name of this fucking thing. I understand trump trying to change it out of nowhere is dumb as fuck, but who cares? why go through the stress? Like just rename it something without a countries name in it. Like the Gulf of Jeff or something. Nobodies butthurt about this shit that don’t matter then.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The leading theory over this seems to be they’re trying to invalidate a bunch of international/national agreements about the gulf of Mexico because now “that doesn’t exist”, or is not about this gulf that has a different name so definitely not the one from agreement. And of course there’s also things about doing everything at once and getting people distracted by these while sneaking in harmful policies.
Bristlecone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s the very first piece of getting their violent base behind imperialism
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I assumed it was the second one, but the first one there also sounds plausible.