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That being said, I don't think the sun can ever set on the British Empire, because the empire shifted to a financial once as opposed to one based on the idea of controlling physical land. You'd have to take out its entire financial/banking network spread out across the world for the sun to "set" on it.

9 days agoby movedx

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10 days agoby phantomathkg

As an outsider I consider Canada and Australia - British Empire.

Hard to think otherwise as they have the same king.

10 days agoby ozim

The sun shall never set upon the British empire, because God does not trust the bastards in the dark.

10 days agoby mapontosevenths

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Am I the only one getting this ?

10 days agoby ksec

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10 days agoby dang

Ah, the british empire- the modern atlantis- as in its gone with no relevance for aeons, but still on the frontpage.

10 days agoby PicassoCTs

This is great! It’s high time a brutal empire that starved Ireland and India and created the situation that resulted in the genocide in Palestine loses its literal shine.

Honestly it is crazy that this country still exists as a monarchy in the 21st century.

10 days agoby tehjoker

I’ve been really sad getting older and having so much more context on Britain. My family weirdly had access to all of British TV in US growing up and they had fantastic programs.

Now, I feel they are a joke. They seem like a strong example of what absolutely not to do. Their cultural exports have sunk. The arrested citizens for social media posts seems draconian. The economy barely hanging on.

I understand the Media has a bias and they been hitting the UK hard since Brexit (liberals think it ended the world) and now even conservative/alternative media hates UK for the pro-immigration stances.

With all that said even trying very hard to find things to like about the UK in a neutral way (I am a fan of PG, who I assume makes very smart decisions) I think the country is completely toast. Worse off than SPAIN! I never had a high opinion of Spain but it looks more likely to outgrow its troubles than the UK.

Prince Andrew and Kate seem nice. The British countryside seems nice. But what else will these people ever be capable of again?

When I read or interact with Britains irl I lump them in one of the lowest buckets for intellectual conversation. Does anyone have any hope for Britain to share or at least data to tell me I’m wrong about the UK?

10 days agoby ineedaj0b