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 1 year ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Canadians are nice, so they are rewarded with a nice country.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Southern cuisine would be salt beef, white bread and Yorkshire tea.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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 1 year ago
I read somewhere that British people eat like they’re still living through the Blitz
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year 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 1 year ago
cold weather Aussies.
looks at Canadians
Huh.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Nah you’re like Polite Americans. You haven’t got the daredevil chilled out “Australia” energy.
Sergio@piefed.social 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
I’m black and most British territories didn’t outlaw slavery until the next centruy so no thanks…
Moxie_empathizer@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
sad_detective_man@leminal.space 1 year ago
damn he would hard R wouldn’t he
x4740N@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wish the British won the revolutionary war
bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wish I remembered which episode that Dennis and Mac were dressed like this.
Ihnivid@feddit.org 1 year ago
Watched it recently, S04E11
Allonzee@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As an American, I wish they won.
They outlawed slavery looong before we did.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
laaaame. you used to be a real country. bring back the leaded face paint
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
That might be ok for you but I have standards.
sad_detective_man@leminal.space 1 year ago
don’t ever let no knife-twirling crumpet goblins come between you and your artistic process, King
Part4@infosec.pub 1 year ago
[deleted]PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Simplified history speedrun.
MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
They don’t look like that any more. Its top hats and tails everywhere
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 year ago
Could you imagine the teeth of an English methhead?
sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 year ago
Don’t the British have better teeth than the US Americans?
enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Define better. They eat healthier (lower rates of diabetes and obesity), but they also spend less money on cosmetics.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’m so glad England isn’t real.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
It’s not that we think we’re better than everyone else it’s that we know we are.