The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldimagemessage-square277fedilinkarrow-up1995arrow-down129
arrow-up1966arrow-down1image"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-reportlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square277fedilink
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoSure, but designations from 200 years ago are irrelevant to a modern nation spanning a continent with colonies and military bases spanning the globe. To call everything west of the Appalachian mountains “the west” is nonsense now
Sure, but designations from 200 years ago are irrelevant to a modern nation spanning a continent with colonies and military bases spanning the globe. To call everything west of the Appalachian mountains “the west” is nonsense now