@david_megginson

Yeah the boomer designation really covers two generations with two very different life experiences. The ones at the older end are old enough to be parents of those of us at the younger end, and I don't relate to them/their experiences at all.

We are actually "Jonesers" or "Generation Jones": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

@thordis

@futurebird
I see two reasons, one logical one and one demented/fascist one.

The logical reason is mineral rights and possibly other natural resources. Supposedly there are rare earth minerals there (I haven't tried to verify this). These are needed in tech manufacturing and we're currently buying most of ours from China.

The demented reason is the "Spheres of Influence" doctrine that the trump regime is really into, where the superpowers divide the world among themselves and the US gets everything in the Western Hemisphere. trump loves this idea of acquiring more new territory just for its own sake. They're calling it the "Donroe Doctrine" 🤮