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[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 35 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

the US-Canadian border has been one of, if not the, most peaceful borders in the entire world.

the most peaceful and mutually beneficial border on Earth.

Tell me your views are extremely America-centric without telling me.

The only way you can have those views is if you know nothing about the EU at all.

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 hours ago

The US and Canada haven't fought since 1812. Which European border of a major super power has a longer history of being close allies?

The UK and Scotland shouldn't count because Scotland isn't a sovereign country, they are a state of the UK that has lied about retaining their sovereignty for 500 years (which is why they have to beg England for permission to even hold an independece referendum)

Spain and France shouldn't count because Spain worked with the Nazis in ww2 and wouldn't help France.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Quite a surprising one here: I think the Norwegian/russian border can actually match that. I believe Norway is the only country neighbouring russia that has never been invaded by them (sans WWII, where they invaded Nazi-occupied Norway and willingly left after the Axis was defeated).

I also think the Norwegian/Danish border has been conflict-free for some hundred years (to be fair, we were in a union for โ‰ˆ450 years ending in 1814). We've had some skirmishes with the Swedes throughout the years, but I believe the last one was in 1814.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Norway and Denmark don't have a land border. Thus including alliances in general the Anglo-Portuguese one dates back to 1373, with only 60 years interruption when Portugal was in dynastic union with Spain which in modern terms could be called an occupation.

...and this isn't just a technicality with both nations being big on seafaring you can consider the water between them a highway, French cannons nonwithstanding.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm not quite sure if you're disregarding the fact that Norway and Denmark haven't had a war for hundreds of years because they don't share a land border? In any case i can point out that there were plenty of Norwegian-Danish hostilities before the union time. With both Norway and Denmark being big on seafaring, the waters between Norway and Denmark have historically been seen much more as a highway (as you say about the Anglo-Portuguese waters) than anything else.

The distance is shorter though, so I would rather compare the Norwegian-Danish border to the Anglo-French border, and the lack of a land border there hasn't really prevented any wars.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Norway occupied parts of Greenland for a while, 1931-1933, I'd call that an act of aggression against Denmark and thus a war even if it was ultimately resolved peacefully and the claim didn't concern the Danish mainlands.

[-] friendlymessage@feddit.org 14 points 9 hours ago

"In the last 100 years"... European borders were not peaceful for that long

[-] faercol 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

To be fair, historically speaking, Europe's borders have been all but peaceful.

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Fair, but on March 26 the initial Schengen-Borders will have been basically nonexistent for 30 years.

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Canada and the US have been close allies for 200 years. The last time they fought was 1812

[-] m4xie@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago

It has been detrimental to the many first nations whose lands have been divided.

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