cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/7657676

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/mapporn by /u/NazarData on 2026-01-18 23:09:48+00:00.

all 18 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 45 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, them inflation adjusted prices are very misleading (as general inflation stats usually are, but over such time periods it's basically irrelevant info & doesn't represent anything ... not to mention regular consumers weren't involved at all, and prices weren't 'market' to begin with).

Also you can't really say "purchase" if a war or at least a war threat was involved.

  • source
  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)
  • I mistakenly remember that The USA just defeated Mexico for all over the current USA’s Southwestern states. Thanks,

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Everything else:

    Paid for in the blood of the indigenous. The shame of genocide. The toil of the enslaved. The exploitation of all.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • Somebody got a kickback for pushing that island deal through

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    What's that as a percentage of land area?

  • source
  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    We really wasted 5 mill on Florida? This country deserves Trump.

  • source
  • [+] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Was the Epstein island free?

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    The coordinates for "Epstein Island," officially known as Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands, are approximately 18°18'0" N, 64°49'30" W, or roughly 18.3° North, -64.83° West, a small private island in the Caribbean Sea associated with Jeffrey Epstein.

  • source
  • parent