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Political power is a function of economic strength. This is as true for individual politicians as nation states. Victorian Britain has the biggest navy in the
by spacebanana7 1y ago
Political power is a function of economic strength. This is as true for individual politicians as nation states.
Victorian Britain has the biggest navy in the world because it could afford the biggest. Tony Blair has the most political discretion of any modern PM largely because the economy was so strong during his tenure.
- hollerith 1y agoAnother reason it had the biggest navy is that it didn't need to spend much on an army to prevent invasions because it has no land border with any other power.