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> it's been authoritarian, chauvinistic (both internationally with imperialism and domestically via the aristocracy), and theocratic, ever since Harold Godwinso
by hnfong 1y ago
> it's been authoritarian, chauvinistic (both internationally with imperialism and domestically via the aristocracy), and theocratic, ever since Harold Godwinson
This. The UK was a band of feudal kingdoms that somehow managed to create an overseas empire. The empire is now gone, and the feudal kingdom is struggling to transform itself into a modern nation.
- jahewson 1y agoEverywhere was a band of feudal kingdoms. What’s so special about the U.K.?
- ben_w 1y agoEverywhere else transformed, whereas the British elite (in the power sense, not the skill sense) still seem to be proud of their feudal heritage.
- cryptonector 1y agoEverybody has their station in life in the UK. Something like that?