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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:51:14 +0000
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On 10/11/2024 21:20, D wrote:
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> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:
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>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:23:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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>>> Oh dear.  The amateur view of history.
>>
>> No, the non Brit-centric view.
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> 
> I'll go with the non Brit-centric view. In the spirit of travel and 
> experience, I think the broader view is the more nuanced one.

Its certainly more nuanced than the US centric one.
Britain was a global power long before the USA even existed. USA is a 
parochial and smug country.

Isolationism led to Pearl  Harbour...and 911



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