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Why do Brits hold on so much to their muh empire?
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Why do Brits hold on so much to their muh empire?
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Because they are still proud of the empire they used to rule.
Next question.
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>>933604
Why are they proud of subjugating a bunch of natives?
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Going to be interesting to see how many jump ship as soon as Elizabeth croaks. My guess would be at least half of "commonwealth" nations, maybe more.
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>>933606
Because subjecting a bunch of tribes made them the first world power
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>>933618
>Britain
>First world
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Because wanking about their old nigger empire is the only glimmer of light in their sad pathetic lives and helps to distract them from the present hopeless, unfixable, downward spiralling dystopia they currently live in.

>we were important once you know
>we were not always a complete joke nation full of sissies you know
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Because they had a fucking joke of an empire and are now 50% fucking muslim

They're all fucking pathetic.
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Why does /his/ seem to hate Britain so much?
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>>933640
Because we fucking hate them

Their country gets loads of credit when they have contributed nothing to the planet, if it wasn't for them being so fucking loud, nobody would know they even fucking existed.
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>>933640

Because the majority of their posters are smug overbearing cunts
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>>933648
Why are you talking about a nation like it's a person?

>>933656
So you hate an entire nation because you get upset at posters on an internet message board?
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>>933597
Let them, it's the only thing they have. Well that and their famous humor. Which they actually need.
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>>933665

They expect everybody to suck their shrivelled dicklets 24/7 and get hilariously worked up when put under the critical microscope and not being looked at through rose tinted glasses.
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>>933674
Wat
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>>933665
BECAUSE WE FUCKING HATE THEM OKAY.

THEIR EMPIRE WAS A FUCKING JOKE COMPARED TO THE FRENCHES. ALL THEY DID WAS SUBJUGATE SOME FUCKING TRIBALS. ENGLAND IS A FUCKING JOKE COUNTRY OKAY?!
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>>933686
I agree. The French were the true winners of Europe, ask any man of Europe today, they will say the French were the Greatest and undefeated.

UK only subjugated fucking tribals, while the french conquered Europe and America and Africa. The world feared and respected the french to this day.
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>>933686
>>933694
thread/
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>>933656
>>933674
This. Anglos are the most insufferable and arrogant posters on the internet. They always get butthurt whenever someone even slightly criticises their nation.
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>>933648
>hugely influential scientists
>world renowned writers and philosophers
>best universities
>best rock bands
>best comedy shows

This bait is too stupid
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>>933597
because memes
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How long till the queen dies and Scotland leaves the Union?
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>>933699
This thread and many others are literally made to criticize anglos though?

>>933694
The French were winners of europe?
What the fuck does that mean? Why is France's success relevant to hatred of England?
Or did England's success breed hatred?
Why hate an entire country of people based off autistic Napoleonic era obsessions?

>>933686
Why?
You sound awfully asspained about bongs
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>>933604
emphasis on 'used to'. All they have these days is an unstable irish exclave and a few islands.
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Holy shit this butthurt

SUCCESS BREEDS JEALOUSY
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>>933712
Because the British have done fucking nothing, they've left no impact on the earth, yet the English act like they've had loads of fucking influence on the ways things are yet its the French who we should all respect.
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>>933725
>he says this while speaking English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_innovations_and_discoveries
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>>933725
Okay, I think I get it now
Butthurt anti bong posters are just frankaboos
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Because they're a nation of parasites. Most nations in the world have plenty of legitimate reasons to hate Britain, especially the United States.
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>>933640
>Why does /his/ seem to hate Britain so much?


BEADY
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>>933597
Why doesn't Turks hold on so much to their ''muh empire''?
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Brits are just entitled brats: look at these British slags who drowned while swimming drunk.

>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3522886/Two-British-mothers-drowned-holiday-Costa-Brava-one-tried-save-15ft-waves-went-swim-way-home-nightclub.html
>'oy vey why didn't they put signs up saying it's dangerous to go swimming at 3 AM after going to the club?!? Fucking Spanish government!!!!'

Brits are literally too dumb to exist in the real world because their state treats them like overgrown pasty babies.
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>>933699
spotted the k*aut
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>>933729

The only reason English is the lingua franca is because of the US
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>>933729
sweet how this conveniently ends 1950. About the same time as British relevance ends.
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> boohoo
> a tiny country with few natural resources and a tiny population strives hard to conquer most of the world, using any means, including military might, skullduggery, and treachery
> boohoo

The jealousy of foreign scum in here is laughable. Keep speaking that English, guys.
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>>933729

Wow this chart is so unbiased and scientific.
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>>933694
>UK only subjugated fucking tribals
Wow, look at that, the French also fought a bunch of spear chuckers and natives, just less so.

>Conquered America
Lol really? Thirteen colonies were far more valuable and important than louisiana which ended up getting bought by said colony, not to mention the UL having nearly all of Canada and fucking Australia.

>Conquered Africa
Again, so did the British.
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>>933770
*UK having
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>>933759
I used to feel sad about what is currently happening to Britain but honestly you people deserve it. Enjoy the cultural enrichment from the former colonials that now outnumber you on your own island.
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>>933759

people dont hate you because you did that, but then bitch when other do it and do it better than you


>tfw brits drag isolationist america into 2 world wars they started
>tfw they bitch about America being involved in everyones business
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>>933776
>that outnumber you on your own island
>10% somehow outnumbers 90%
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>>933785
B-but muh /pol/ meems!
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>>933748
And why? Because of British influence in colonialism

>>933763
Oh those biased Japanese shilling for the British

Fucking retard
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>>933783
>2 world wars they started
It were Germans though. Britain just fulfilled independence guarantees it gave.
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>>933618
Would rather be "first third-world" power.
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>>933783
US joined WW1 because Germany bombed their ship

US joined ww2 because Japs bombed their island
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>>933815
No they joined because the Anglo scum made them
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>Brits brag about English being a lingua franca
>French was the lingua franca when the British Empire was at its height

This is why you cant take them seriously, they have no understanding of what their empire was and how it was perceived.
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>>933820
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>>933823
France being lingua franca back then doesn't mean shit, because the world wasn't as connected as it is today
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Britannica
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>>933694
>the french
>undefeated conquerors of Europe.
this explains why France runs from the atlantic to the steppes.

Oh wait, they were also defeated.


>>933823
>complain that muh 200 year ago empire is too long ago to be relevant
>counter argument is that 200 years ago French was the lingua franca
You can't have it both ways mate.
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>>933823
The lingua franca thing broke in the 19th century. Afterwards there were several languages for specific fields or parts of the world and it returned to its old state in 50's.

If you were engineer other than naval(here you've had English and Dutch everywhere), you probably knew German and maybe some English(especially the newer engineering disciplines like automatics), if you were scientist you knew both as well, if you were diplomat or mathfag you've had to speak French fluently, if you were dealing with trade you spoke English...
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>The level of foreign butthurt in this thread
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>>933640
/his/ is full of French, plus /pol/niggers
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>>933637
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>>934292

>67 % including white mexicans

just fyi, thats not including white hispanics. With white hispanics, its 77% white

and hispanic isnt even a race
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>>933597
Because the English can't let go of the fact that they are not a major player on the world stage any more
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>>933634
This.
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>>933640
Noticed some things on /his/:

>eternal hatred for the British (and Germans and Americans)
>raging boner for Napoleon
>constant socialist circlejereks and hatred of capitalism

In other words, /his/ is full of stinky smelly Frogs.
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>>933686
There is a difference between England and Britain, some of us are stuck with that stigma only because we share a sodding island with them.
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>>933820
Wow, you should look up your history before posting crap on /his/
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>>935022
Don't forget
>daily Voltaire threads
>daily Charlemagne threads
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>>933640
Most of the world hates Britain. Pretty much anyone has reasons to.

>>935022
I love his, it's the only place where there isn't too much french-bashing. Feels nice.
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>>935284
Instead it's a place where the French bash everyone else, hardly an upgrade.
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>all the butthurt foreigners in this thread
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>>935293
A welcome change, and it isn't that bad tbqh
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>>934325
>i-if you count non white people there are more whites.
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>>935308
>A welcome change

Only if you're French, the rest of us find it pretty annoying.
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>>935310
By white Hispanic he means Spanish-Americans (European descent, not beaners).
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>>935313
Then you know what it's like to be french now mon ami
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>>934292
At least American minorities tend to be Christian.
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>>933597
>had an empire without an emperor
>started agricultural and industrial revolution
>sun never set
>colonies=more raw materials=science funding= more discoveries that you are taught about in school
>made language spoken throughout world
>changed diplomatic language to English after French domination after Latin domination
>start church over divorce
>2nd largest church at peak
> brought constitutional democracy to world whilst francs brought democracy
>initial treatment of natives was very good
>houses, washes and feeds refugees
>also made death rate for those refugees lower than capital city
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I don't hate the anglos, a bit surprised at the tone in this thread desu.

I just find it uninteresting, bland and often ugly. I'm talking about the people, language, literature, food, architecture, philosophy, history, politics, culture, cities, national "ethos" or character. It's hard to stop.

It is today a rainy backwater with delusions of grandeur and relevance subconsciously living vicariously through its successor the US.
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Shakespeare and the Beatles are great though.
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