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The metric system is too "European", and more specifically French for post-Brexit Britain. We need a patriotic system of measurement, not some foreign idea desi
by phatfish 4y ago
The metric system is too "European", and more specifically French for post-Brexit Britain. We need a patriotic system of measurement, not some foreign idea designed to take away our sovereignty.
- heynowheynow 4y agoIndia wants to know if they should ask Pakistan to get the band back together. Also, returning to fractional sovereigns, pounds, crowns, guineas, florins, shillings, pennies, and farthings would be extremely simple. (It's the sad and cynical exploitation of tribal, nativist nationalism containing aggressive, neofascist, pining-for-the-past-more-than-usual, and anti-intellectual sentiments.)