Comment by seszett
3 hours ago
Many self-described anticolonialists forget that "self-determination" doesn't actually mean "people who live far away from the mainland should just fuck off and take care of themselves".
I've experienced it a bit as a Frenchman (and we have quite a few remote territories as well) who has lived on a couple of remote places (that were uninhabited as well before becoming French, but that shouldn't actually matter) and it's incredible how puny, short-sighted and simply egoistical some people can be.
The Netherlands has a few islands off the coast of Venezuela.
Very few of the people who live there want full independence lol.
I'm missing your point here
I'm saying that it is common for some people to advocate for jettisoning other parts of their country, especially if they are far away from where they live.