r/interestingasfuck • u/eliseereclusvivre • 1d ago

From 2014 to 2025, Mark Zuckerberg bought over 1,400 acres on Kauai Island and stole any land the natives wouldn't sell him, earning the moniker 'the face of neocolonialism.' r/all

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u/ConstantGeographer 1d ago

Hawai'i is completely stolen territory, anyway, and shouldn't even be a U.S. state, but probably it's own country, or perhaps something like Puerto Rico.

That being said, Zuckerberg is an in insufferable hag.

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u/coke_and_coffee 1d ago

All land is stolen land. It’s just about how far back you want to look.

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u/RazorsDonut 1d ago

All of the islands were originally stolen by King Kamehameha of Hawai’i.

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u/denjin 1d ago

or perhaps something like Puerto Rico

Being an unincorporated territory of the US is far worse than a full fledged state, in terms of representation for it's citizens.

Puerto Ricans (and those from Guam, American Samoa, US Mariana Islands and US Virgin Islands) are bound by US federal law but get no representation at Senate level and cannot vote in Presidential elections.

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u/amorousinjapan 1d ago

Every country in the world is made of ‘stolen land’ in the sense that no political unit anywhere above the size of of village came together through peaceful means.

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u/Public_Steak_6447 1d ago

Oh cute. So which very specific tribe does Hawaii belong to? Remember, it only became a unified empire after one king bought cannons from Europeans and conquered most of it

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u/_TheDon_ 1d ago

Stolen territory like every territory on earth.

The original conquerors are wiped out a long time ago.