Except that colonization is an indigenous landgrab, and there, the argument is that the land isn't "occupied" (as though those aren't actual people over there, looking pissed-off!) or that the land is occupied but by uncivilized people who "need" the "assistance" or whatever. Hell, the Australian land grab tried to legitimize itself by arguing that the continent was "empty" and therefore open for the taking. I mean, there's erasing, and then there's... that's just erasing on such a sheer chutzpah level that I can't even comprehend the level of erasure.
I was talking more about in cases where it's an established (recognized by other countries as legit/existing governed nation-state) legal entity, in what way a section of it could end up annexed. It appears that the process used in creating Israel is (for better or worse) unexpectedly pretty close to the scenario I had in mind, which in turn explains why so many [third-world] countries have extreme limitations on land-purchase by non-citizens. Not to mention the issue of land speculation by so-called investors from first-world countries with lots of cash to throw around.
What's cool about asking such vague open-ended questions is that I get better answers (and better questions that in turn prompt better answers) than if I were all specific and shit. And that in turn improves the story ideas. Wah.
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Date: 1 Jul 2011 01:36 am (UTC)I was talking more about in cases where it's an established (recognized by other countries as legit/existing governed nation-state) legal entity, in what way a section of it could end up annexed. It appears that the process used in creating Israel is (for better or worse) unexpectedly pretty close to the scenario I had in mind, which in turn explains why so many [third-world] countries have extreme limitations on land-purchase by non-citizens. Not to mention the issue of land speculation by so-called investors from first-world countries with lots of cash to throw around.
What's cool about asking such vague open-ended questions is that I get better answers (and better questions that in turn prompt better answers) than if I were all specific and shit. And that in turn improves the story ideas. Wah.