[ SECRET POST #3368 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3368 ⌋

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Comments

[dethtoll]

I've known Brits who actually still refer to the US unironically as "the Colonies" and then get sniffy and self-righteous if you get mad at them for it.

[(Anonymous)]

Ayart

I've heard that too.

[(Anonymous)]

I've met several who were extremely pleased with themselves for not knowing what the American Revolution was before an American told them.

[(Anonymous)]

You mean the way a lot Americans are ignorant about anything (historical/geographical/political etc.) that doesn't have to do with America?
It goes both ways, really.

[greenvelvetcake]

You do know the Revolutionary War had quite a bit to do with Britain, right?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't see why you should be mad about it. It is a compliment, it means you are benefiting from the UK's fine lead and almost as good as them. Plucky little you.

[dethtoll]

-0/10

that's right you sucked so bad your zero became negative zero

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad you regard the United Kingdom's lengthy history of Imperial exploitation and massacre as a matter for chipper patriotic humor. That's great.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, someone was going to get wealthy and comfortable off of it. I'm glad it was me. And also the ordinary Calcuttan in the street too, the average Indian benefited enormously and still does from British rule and legacy. That wealth was never flowing to them before we stepped in and gave the country free commerce and good communications, it was sitting in fat maharajah's hordes and Indians were worked harder than slaves under them. Same with the blacks, who gave up the opportunity to generate wealth off of them? Not the Americans, that is for sure, no it was the British that pissed our national wealth down the drain to end slavery. Yeah, we got wealthiest, but the rising tide lifted all boats. We even managed to get the Australian natives educated enough so they could protest us in academic dialogue, something they had never managed to achieve on their own. British colonialism has been a net benefit to the entire globe.

[(Anonymous)]

The Great Fire of London led to substantial improvements in hygiene and safety after the city was rebuilt, leading to better standards of living and a reduction in outbreaks of plague. Should the people of London have felt grateful to the fire?

[(Anonymous)]

Ask a Londoner if they'd rather go back to how it was pre-fire and see what the answer is. So, yeah.

[(Anonymous)]

Or they could have improved the hygiene without the fire.

[(Anonymous)]

Except that wasn't going to happen. It was always going to need some big disaster, in fact it took several as well as the fire, to make London change because the decision makers at the top were isolated enough from the effects that it made more financial sense to them to let the matter continue as it always had.

[(Anonymous)]

So you're okay with the British Empire as the awful disaster that destroyed enough of the world and killed enough people that they could rebuild their societies in a more modern (albeit still fucked up) manner?

You're okay with that, as a metaphor and an identity for your country?

[(Anonymous)]

I know you have a problem with that, but I sincerely do not know what it is. It has always been the case that some must lay down their lives for the good of others. We remember their sacrifice, in some cases a heroic failure, but the results were worth it.

[(Anonymous)]

My problem with it is that that's a sociopathic thing to say.

I mean, for one specific issue, this was not a choice that they actually made. It was imposed on them. In the sense of being slaughtered. They did not sacrifice themselves. You sacrificed them on the altar of modernity.

[(Anonymous)]

That is certainly an opinion you are entitled to express while typing on your computer assembled by slave labor in China and connected to a network which uses copper and rare earth minerals mined by children in many countries.

[(Anonymous)]

Except the Irish, 'cuz fuck 'em, right?

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't fuck the Irish at all. Gross.

[(Anonymous)]

It's time for bed, Grandpa.