Comment on Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident?
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 10 hours agoAs someone who lived through the Troubles, there were clearly upsides vs the country we had before.
The civil rights movement grew at a pace, the police service was completely revamped, and cross community relations improved dramatically. Most importantly, we largely stopped killing each other.
There was nothing good in the Troubles, but what came out of it was undoubtedly better than what had been there before.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 9 hours ago
We then ask was this due to the troubles, or was it a progression held back by the troubles.
IronBird@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
lol, next you’ll wonder if India is better off today for having overthrown the brits, too.
fucking yes, they were a bunch of sadistic fucks destroying everything they could in the name of profit.
the worst descendants of those sick fucks got shunned to america, for being too fucking crazy. they eventually schismed into what is now known as american protestants/various other brands of fundamentalist christians
khannie@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Absolute lack of understanding of how the Catholics were being treated on full display. It was deeply rooted systemic shitting on that was going nowhere.