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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 22:48:23 +0100
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On 02/06/2025 18:04, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:03:39 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 02/06/2025 12:35, Borax Man wrote:
>>> On 2025-05-31, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 31/05/2025 18:27, rbowman wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 31 May 2025 11:07:00 +0100, The Natural Philosopher 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Britain had an Empire once that dealt with all sorts of 
>>>>>> people. We aren't as insular as Americans.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then the chickens came home to roost...
>>>> 
>>>> No. We decided that Empires were Passé and too expensive to
>>>> run so we set up a common wealth trade bloc which has been
>>>> much better.
>>>> 
>>>> We leave empires to the EU, Putin and King Donald Le Grande 
>>>> Petomane...
>>> 
>>> No, you spent your capital on WWI and WWII and didn't have the 
>>> will and means to maintain the empire anymore.
>> 
>> Yawn. Another parochial brit hater. Jealous are we?
>> 
>> It takes wars to sustain empires silly. That's why we decided 
>> against it. Too damned expensive.
> 
> Funny, I just read an article about Starmer saying it's time to ramp 
> up defence and maybe get military spending up to 3% someday. He
> seems to be having an 'oh shit!' moment while realizing the US might
> be getting tired of its big brother status.
> 
Nobody gives a fuck about America anymore.

You had a great captive export market for so many things.
Then you went and urinated in it.

If America wants to step off the world stage we will build our own weapons

I understand what Trump *said* he was trying to achieve. Sadly he has
ruined any chance of any of it happening through sheer stupidity, and
total lack of class.


> 

-- 
“Progress is precisely that which rules and regulations did not foresee,”

  – Ludwig von Mises