• Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 hours ago

    Jokes aside, as an American, I wish the US had lost the revolutionary war. Commonwealth territories ended up with socialized healthcare, a far better democracy, and far better labor rights, while the US ended up with fascist oligarchy. No thanks. I’d gladly trade my coffee for tea if it means I get a real democracy instead of a fascist oligarchy

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      Tbf some of those former territories aren’t in very good socioeconomic shape. If we’d ended up like Canada that would have been winning the lottery, but plenty of those other former colonies have plenty of problems like classist India.

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          Africa (and the various tribes and countries) has been fucked over by various European countries for centuries. Can’t lay this one solely on the English.

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            hey, you broke it, you bought it. Now, maybe they should be doing something to fix this whole problem in the ex-British Mandate of Palestine they cause

            UK man arrested for wearing plasticine t shirt

            … Maybe not

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      Don’t quote me on this but America winning the war played a big part in the spread of democracy around the globe. If they hadn’t, its not clear the monarchy would have ever fallen.

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        It is a prevailing myth, but personally I am not sure I believe it. I don’t know if it is based on anything.