Jokes aside, as an American, I wish the US had lost the revolutionary war. Commonwealth territories ended up with socialized healthcare, a far better democracy, and far better labor rights, while the US ended up with fascist oligarchy. No thanks. I’d gladly trade my coffee for tea if it means I get a real democracy instead of a fascist oligarchy
mmmm yes undoubtedly
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Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tbf some of those former territories aren’t in very good socioeconomic shape. If we’d ended up like Canada that would have been winning the lottery, but plenty of those other former colonies have plenty of problems like classist India.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Canadians are nice, so they are rewarded with a nice country.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Don’t quote me on this but America winning the war played a big part in the spread of democracy around the globe.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is a prevailing myth, but personally I am not sure I believe it. I don’t know if it is based on anything.
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Southern cuisine would be salt beef, white bread and Yorkshire tea.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Nah, that would be the northeast AKA New England. Southern Cuisine would probably be French and Mexican/Spanish food, the Louisiana purchase and a few American wars never happening.
Then again who the fuck knows what the colonial powers would have gotten up to without the US zealots taking over? 🤷
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I read somewhere that British people eat like they’re still living through the Blitz
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Ok so here’s the thing: If America lost the war, America would likely be akin to Australia. The UK used it’s North American colonies like they did Australia (that is, a place to transport convicts) so you’d basically be like Australia in that regard. You’d likely be like…cold weather Aussies.
Also:
- Australia would be…different? Maybe Dutch?
- We might not have had a French Revolution, or it may have been different, because a lot of the ideas from the American Revolution inspired the French Revolution.
- Since the French Revolution have rise to the idea of the modern nation state and Napoleon, we’d not have a lot of countries.
Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
cold weather Aussies.
looks at Canadians
Huh.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
looks at Canadians
you mean i could have socialized healthcare, weed, and california weather? FUCK YOU BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH YOU SHOULD HAVE TRAITORED HARDER
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Nah you’re like Polite Americans. You haven’t got the daredevil chilled out “Australia” energy.
Sergio@piefed.social 2 months ago
a lot of the ideas from the American Revolution inspired the French Revolution.
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Since the French Revolution have rise to the idea of the modern nation state and Napoleon, we'd not have a lot of countries.At first I was like: wtf? Then I remembered we're in the shitposting community
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I mean, am I wrong? France bankrupted itself in the war and in funding the American revolution. The American Revolution produced and popularised a lot of ideas that found their way to France and inspired ideas in the French Revolution (as well as a rebellion in Scotland but let’s not get ahead of ourselves).
The French Revolution gave rise to the idea of the Modern Nation State and Napoleon’s invasions of places like Italy and Germany implanted this idea in those places which eventually lead to the Nationalist revolutions in Germany and Italy in the 19th century.
If the American revolution failed, we’d might not have the French Revolution we know of today. If that is the case, there’s no rise of the Nation State and no Napoleon to spread it, ergo, no Germany or Italy, as well as a lot of other countries.
Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m black and most British territories didn’t outlaw slavery until the next centruy so no thanks…
Moxie_empathizer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Agreed, it wasn’t soon enough, but they did abolish it thirty years before the US fought a war to get it done.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
To be blunt, I can’t think of a better reason to go to war than to eliminate slavers and those that would regard an entire race of people as not worthy of respect.
The only other good reason for war is for defense. To protect yourself and your countrymen from a hostile force, but I digress.
That shit should have never been allowed. But here we are.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
sad_detective_man@leminal.space 2 months ago
damn he would hard R wouldn’t he
x4740N@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wish the British won the revolutionary war
bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wish I remembered which episode that Dennis and Mac were dressed like this.
Ihnivid@feddit.org 2 months ago
Watched it recently, S04E11
Allonzee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As an American, I wish they won.
They outlawed slavery looong before we did.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because they were ahead on industry and slavery was less profitable. Don’t think England was going around thinking it was wrong.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 months ago
It was a very popular civil movement and governments were essentially forced to act.
the petition in 1814 got 1,375,000 signatures.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 months ago
These days, as a British subject, you’d be smoking crack in a hoody and knockoff Burberry cap, bruv.
sad_detective_man@leminal.space 2 months ago
laaaame. you used to be a real country. bring back the leaded face paint
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Sorry, if im smoking crack I strip down to my undies and cover my self in butter. That’s just the way it is.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
With the price of butter these days I think I would use rapeseed oil instead. Much cheaper to cover myself in.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That might be ok for you but I have standards.
sad_detective_man@leminal.space 2 months ago
don’t ever let no knife-twirling crumpet goblins come between you and your artistic process, King
Part4@infosec.pub 2 months ago
[deleted]PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Simplified history speedrun.
MrSulu@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
They don’t look like that any more. Its top hats and tails everywhere
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
Could you imagine the teeth of an English methhead?
sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 months ago
Don’t the British have better teeth than the US Americans?
enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I’ve not researched this, but I’ve heard it’s because mouth health is prioritised over aesthetics.
That basically means: no whitening.
Teeth are naturally yellowish
don@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I’ve heard that myth before, never see any evidence in favor of it, not that I can be arsed to look.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Define better. They eat healthier (lower rates of diabetes and obesity), but they also spend less money on cosmetics.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I’m so glad England isn’t real.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
Oh it’s real and no matter where you live the English have probably pillaged it for spices they never use.
x4740N@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The UK has free Healthcare and better quality of life so I’m pretty sure their teeth are better than most americans
Logically when you think of it this way that bullshit excuse of a derogatory assumption made by anericans goes out the window
americans lack education about the world outside of america and are so narcissistic and think they’re better than everyone else that they don’t even bother to try and learn about the outside world and when they do learn of the outside world and other countries having better quality of life than them they make up bullshit mental gymnastics and deny reality because they can’t accept that
So no your bullshit derogatory misinformed opinion is simply not true and is just a stereotype because you americans like to bully other countries like the schoolyard bully that likes to pick on others
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
It’s not that we think we’re better than everyone else it’s that we know we are.