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Every single country in the world that is on metric today had to switch from something else at some point in the past. Why overfocus so much on UK when you have
by int_19h 2y ago
Every single country in the world that is on metric today had to switch from something else at some point in the past. Why overfocus so much on UK when you have literally a hundred successful examples?
One does have to wonder what it is about Anglo countries specifically that makes it so difficult for them, though. Well, Canada at least has the excuse of being next door to US, with the resulting economic effects. For UK I'm pretty sure it's just about not being like "the Continent" at this point.
- HideousKojima 2y ago>Every single country in the world that is on metric today had to switch from something else at some point in the past. Why overfocus so much on UK when you have literally a hundred successful examples? A huge percentage of those countries didn't have established industrial bases, infrastructure, etc. And also no educated general populace that needed reeducating. And often those countries were effectively forced into adopting metric through colonization and/or invasion.
- int_19h 2y agoEven then, that still leaves most of Europe.
- HideousKojima 2y agoMost of whom made the switch in the 1800s, prior to widespread industrialization