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(this is not directed only at British but everyone)
How can people be proud of their colonial empires? It doesn't prove their strength or anything, because they fought against populations who were much weaker than them and many others could have done the same thing, it just was too late.
it's so they have SOMETHING to be proud of
(this is not directed only at Usain Bolt but everyone)
How can people be proud of their physical prowess? It doesn't prove their strength or anything, because they ran against runners who were much slower than them and many others could have done the same thing, it just was too late.
The British can definitely be proud of their empire. They were pretty much the only ones to have figured the Middle-East out, and they did so in the 19th century or so. They had a better grasp of the Middle-East and the Islamic World then, than the Americans do now.
Which is to be commended.
Dunno about Britain but here we barely learn anything about it in history class and most people don't give a shit, I didn't even know other countries spoke Spanish until I was 12 or something.
>>52690776
French colonial empire was better and in 2015 it is still better than the UK. pic related
>>52690889
Nice oceanic islands bro
>>52690889
>that bunch of irrelevant small microislands
>colonial "empire"
lel
>>52690889
I'm not all too familiar about the French colonial empires so I can't judge.
>>52689486
>How can people be proud of their colonial empires?
created the modern world m8.
>>52690776
based netherlands
>>52690993
>Syria
>Lebanon
>Not middle east
>>52689486
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee
Yes the poor natives, innocent and kind until the evil white man showed them evil.
All people are cunts, it's just that colonial Empires had particularly efficient ways of being cunts.
>>52691043
The Brits screwed you out of the oil-rich lands didn't they?
>>52689486
>because they fought against populations who were much weaker than them
Winning the majority of those colonies involved fighting other European powers
>>52689486
I don't think it's pride in conquering those peoples. The colonies existed so that the British people would have access to cheap exotic goods and rare materials. It was about power over other European nations more than it was about power over primitive natives.
>>52691217
On top of that, military power is just one facet.
What made the British so impressive is their diplomatic ingenuity. They just always were on the right side of history. It's fucking astonishing.
I'm a huge Britboo 2bh, anyone who knows history should be
Simple. Because when you have accomplished nothing to give you self esteem and self worth, you take your self esteem from your group = country. You can be sure that anybody who is proud of what their country has done has zero self esteem as an individual.
>>52691335
Adaptability is our main strength, and the ability to bounce back from defeat. I wrote about it in this other thread >>52686153.
Thanks for the nice words btw
>>52691501
Alternatively, being proud of and wanting to better your country can be a great motivator. There are plenty of people like you describe, too.
>>52690767
Autistic Phillip.
>>52690889
WHERE IS QUEBEC ACADIA ACADIANA?
>>52689486
i hate how spaniards and portuguese turned americas into boring carbon copy of their countries. there is literally no single national ethnic state there now
at least russians and french treated them better, now followed by canadians
>>52691908
Nobody do things for others or their country, everything you do is for yourself. If accidentally doing something to please yourself will improve the people around you, then great, but you're not doing it for them, you are doing it for yourself.
>>52692019
It is a joke ? This map is from 2015, it the place where France is still in. Quebec was in the 18th.
>>52689486
Italy lose to Ethiopians
Gotta import tea and coffee from somewhere m8
>>52692115
Semantics. You can argue every act is selfish but it doesn't change the basic count. Some people are more individualistic, others do feel a love of country and it motivates them. Many people are both.
It isn't all about the conquest of territories honestly
Also being the first at doing something is always remarkable, at least in this case
>>52692269
>the basic count
the basic point*
>>52692269
It's not semantics. Nobody feels ''love'' for their country, you can feel ''pleasure'' for being associated to a country, because that gives you a self worth, you can enjoy talking to people from your country, but you don't love your country. You are not motivated BY your country, if you trace that motive to the end it leads back to yourself, ''if i do this, it will give me a great pleasure''. Kings don't love their country, they feel pleasure being kings and having that power and status, accidentally having strong status/image and country is part of what gives them pleasure, but their not doing anything for their country, they just want their country to be well associated in order for them to feel good about it. If it didn't make them feel good, they wouldn't care.
>>52692699
Autism: the post
You can't proclaim what other people do or do not feel. If someone loves chocolate then they love chocolate it is that simple
i'm not surprised bulgaria hates his nation, since this is it's most famous export
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4hQ4J4BFOM
>>52689486
Being able to maintain world dominance while fighting other European countries is something to be proud of, Itabro.
>>52693126
I can because that's human behavior and that's how the brain works. You don't love chocolate, you love the taste you get by eating it. You don't love your country, you just feel pleasure being associated to a group with respected status, therefore you feel urge to improve the status of your country, not FOR your country ,but FOR yourself in order to feel good when people associate you with it.
You can make an experience for yourself. Think about if something very good happens to your country, super amazing and respectful, it makes you feel great and motivated, now imagine nobody in the world finds out about it. Would that decrease your pleasure? Yes. You want others to know about it so they can associate you with your country in order to make you feel good.