• GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Cool. I’m not sure what that has to do with the continent, though. Politically, I’m uncertain if that would count as something other than colonization, either.

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      4 months ago

      It depends what aspect of colonization is important to your definition, I guess. Is it about imperialist expansion to non-contiguous territories, or is it more specifically about extracting resources from those territories for the exclusive benefit of the motherland?

      At any rate, I would say that French Guiana either counts or doesn’t count as a colony of France to the same extent that Hawaii counts or doesn’t count as a colony of the United States.

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        4 months ago

        Edit: no need to repeat myself. I think European would have been a more reasonable label.

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      4 months ago

      There are multiple definitions of “Europe”.
      French Guyana isn’t geographically, geologically, culturally or historically part of Europe.
      But politically and legally, it is.