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> Which is what Western powers also did openly until the 1960s TBH Sure. I wasn’t born then. But I would like to think society and governments have grown up si
by throwaway2990 4y ago
> Which is what Western powers also did openly until the 1960s TBH
Sure. I wasn’t born then. But I would like to think society and governments have grown up since then and we can agree that invasion is wrong. Abuse of power is wrong.
Britain has given up a lot of what it took. It has no control or say in australia or New Zealand. It gave HK back. Left Singapore, Myanmar, India. Etc.
Obviously we can’t change what happened. None of us on HN or our families etc had any say in what happened for generations before we were born.
But in 2023 we should be at a point where we can acknowledge it’s wrong and stop it from happening.
Russia and China haven’t got that memo yet.
- sofixa 4y ago> Britain has given up a lot of what it took. It has no control or say in australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional... https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/14/australian-governor-who-removed-pm-in-1975-assured-of-his-powers-by-queen-s-office-letters https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/14/australian-governor-who-...
- throwaway2990 4y agoIn 1999 australia also voted to maintain its ties with Britain. But because of 1975 Britain has less powers in australia. When was the last time Britain interfered with Australia to a large extent?