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[–] Astrophage@lemy.lol 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Have we tried putting them on a boat and sending on to find the next continent? If we did that, I might start celebrating Columbus day!

[–] 50MYT@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

G'day mate.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, several times. The colonies of every major recent empire were essentially formed this way. It sounds good on paper, but it ends up just being harborage for conservatism.