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To be fair, robbing indigenous people at gun point is a very profitable endeavor and why Britain flourished. Fact: There is no chance of Britian reaching its f
by roboys 7y ago
To be fair, robbing indigenous people at gun point is a very profitable endeavor and why Britain flourished.
Fact: There is no chance of Britian reaching its former greatness without this crucial criminal component.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoFact: that was made up
- roboys 7y agoYou may not know the economic history of Britain, if you disagree. Peak of British economy was after it invaded/sabotaged/drugged/then robbed two of the richest civilizations at that point (accounting for 50% of world GDP) China & India. The beginning of British decline started in the early 1900s with the end of the opium trade (which at its peak, in ~1895, accounted for 35% of Britain's GDP) Do you think UK, China, India, US, Germany, etc... placed at the same starting point, would result in UK economic victory without foul play? UK can't even beat California on many economic metrics after centuries of historical advantages, lol.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoNot the issue. The made-up part was, that's the only way for Britain to move back up in the world. So many ways for that to happen - tech, information, space, diplomacy to name a few.