Oh don’t get me wrong. The north of Ireland of the most heavily propagandized to in modern history. And its still Ireland.
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allywilson@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Shit bantz. Please don’t pretend to understand Ireland and Northern Ireland’s politics.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s some stiff competition.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
FWIW, this image is about Gerogia and how Russia has occupied 20% of it since 2008. They’re still pretty pissed about it.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Ohhh hello ml user, would you like to explain how the politics of ireland eorks to me? I dont know of course because im no expert, i only lived there for years. Will you also explain how monarchy is also good? Or what is your next shitty ass take?
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
An ML user defending settler colonialism, now I’ve seen it all.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Okay to be fair this one surprised even me…
CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Bro got confused, his instructions didn’t cover this.
tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
The .ml is a good indicator for crazy, but I think they have a point. Ireland is divided along religious lines, which makes the North side with the UK to a large extent. I know someone from NI, who is pretty happy about being part of the UK as well. Not a representative sample, but opened my eyes to the complexity of the divided Ireland.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
The key difference is there’s a mechanism under the Good Friday Agreement by which reunification can occur, there has been for nearly 30 years, it requires the consent of the population.
At the time of partition what is now NI wanted to remain part of the UK and while this was colonised by England 400 odd years prior at some point it’s probably good to take the people’s opinion into account. The demographics have now shifted but repeated surveys have not indicated a sufficient change in what the population as a whole want to trigger a border poll.
There’s more to consider here than historical ideals too, like actual practical aspects of any reunification - more than 25% of the NI population are employed directly by the public sector for instance not to mention those on govt contracts, the NHS for all it’s faults is a significant factor for a lot of people, what benefits are available.
jdr@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
How familiar are you with the Lebor Gabála Érenn?
Ach amháin ní thosóinn os bun.