Why didn't/couldn't Spain put down this golem way back? My best guess is that unified Ibiria upset the balance of power in europe, drawing the ire of a*glos and other golems and Spain being tired of waging centuries of war let it slide
>>530152617You lost tranny
>>530152617They're our oldest ally
>>530153809I can buy your country and you best lower your gaze when we walk past you on our vacation
>>530152617I like portubros because they are irrelevant most of the time. They have nice beaches too.
>>530152617Balance of Power systems are often the best for maintaining peace and prosperity. Of course they eventually break down, but you can't fault this system specifically for that, since every system breaks down eventually. But renewing it and having regular Balance of Power systems is the best way to go. It beats unipolar imperial hegemony in stability and innovation, as well as unbalanced power and ongoing conflict.Even Russia praises Churchill for being a proponent of a Balance of Power system over a full spectrum dominance system.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_power_(international_relations)https://www.rt.com/news/633917-iron-curtain-returns-80-years/
>>530154032Would anyone even care if not for the oil?
>>530154214You are too kind hearted Spainbro. You are dealing with a treacherous snakes that sold out to your enemies. I can say with confidence that poortugal did everything in their power to undermine Spain during your golden age and probably the reason you have become so irrelevant compared to your past
>>530153809Basedfuck kikeniard desert dwellers
>>530152617>Why didn't/couldn't Spain put down this golem way back?Because Spain has never defeated people with smallpox inmunity
>>530154032Shut the fuck off discount Sweden, let discount Brazil alone.
>>530156090>not being conquered by foreigners is "treachorous"look up what that word means you fucking retard
>>530156090They undermined themselves
>>530157442according to him the reason their desert dunes of a "country" didn't become a relevant contemporary world power was because of us somehow lmao
>>530157177Treachery is a Castilian character traitThe proud Lvsitanian people just want to be left alone with the sea
>>530157659Basedwe just want to eat sardines by the ocean in peace
>>530152617I'm fascinated by their obsession with deepthroating bongoloid cock almost for free
>>530157614>>530157763We somehow betrayed "Spain" by not wanting to be cannon fodder for foreign Habsburg wars
>>530157924Those bongoloids saved you from being raped by the French
>>530157177You are literally the same nation with identical language. Portugal is a fake country that was created to weaken Spain.
>>530158025It's not even that, by definition you can't betray an entity you were never loyal to, that's like saying napoleon betrayed the UK
>>530152617They could inherit Portugal peacefully through marriage, and it was better to keep Portugal independent since colonization was expensive. Portugal pays for it, does the work of settling and colonizing, and Spain simply reaps all the spoils by inheriting it all.
>>530158289they're culturally more similar to Italy yet you conveniently don't brought that up because it doesn't fit your anti-portuguese agenda
>>530158375They did inherit through marriage after king sebastian died and we revolted and had a war to regain our independence
>>530158312The Iberian Union in the beginning was pretty good. But by 1640, the monarchy had been taken over by corrupt Castilians that not only undermined Portugal, but the entire realm. It wasn't just us that revolted, but Catalonia and Naples as well. Not to mention the Dutch that had been in open rebellion for decades
>>530158375>They could inherit Portugal peacefully through marriageEsse era o plano original. O problema não era que os reinos estavam unificados, mas que não éramos nós a mandar
>>530158663The "Iberian Union" was a composite kingdom, let's not start retconning history, Portugal (unlike catalonia) always remained a separate kingdom alongside the kingdom of spain under habsburg rule
>>530158838Catalonia was the Kingdom of Aragon. They all had their own laws until the Nueva Planta decrees
>>530158911Well sure but they had been united for centuries, since even before the reconquista was over
>>530158289Retard, there was no "Spain" until the Catholic Monarchs and even that's debatable. Castile and Aragon were only unified by law with the first Bourbon king
>>530159074You should look into the reign of Fernando post Isabel. He tried everything to not have his mad daughter, and thus her Habsburg heirs inherit both kingdoms. He even remarried. Castile only became an enemy of France because of Aragon. They were allies during Aljubarrota
>>530152617Portugal allied with Spain's natural enemy Great Britain.
>>530152617https://youtu.be/AbQ3OfB-B68
I enjoyed visiting Lisboa. It sure as shit is nice there.
>>530160394The streets aren't full of dogshit and questionable liquids like Athens?
>>53015828980% of portugal is gaelicirish gaelic rootsthey are like british islanders
>>530152617They tried a couple of times but we're always toppled by the nobles
>>530162718and the localsby the entire societyno one likes being occupied by a foreign power
>>530162784Check out this slophttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuD9kF4mWEU&lc=UgwBg5Ik227QS3iamOp4AaABAg.ATFwgSKBUKqAU2q9Q3jGDI
>>530163311kek at the comments
>>530152617I recently visited North Portugal and Galicia and can confirmUK vibes, but Whiter
>>530156090>treasonwe were never allies with castillian dogs you historically illiterate nigger
>>530161390Some more than others, especially at Martim Moniz
