• Alien Nathan Edward
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    72 years ago

    Someone: puts a gun to your head and says “I’ll give you $4 for your car”.

    You: “This is a free and fair trade.”

    • @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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      -42 years ago

      That wasn’t the case, the Mexican government was run as an oligarchy. The United States threat was to threaten to turn over their lands to the public.