Why is England so great?
>pretty much invented the modern world
>kicked everyones ass for centuries
>more intelligent than other euros on average
>plenty of legendary bands
>every colony is now a successful first world country
it's like God himself touched this country with his dick
>>57086192
>>>every colony is now a successful first world country
>>India
>No toilets, just streets
>>57086192
Poland best ally
It feels damn good to be British
>>57086321
>India
>colony
An Imperial holding is different from a colony
>it's like God himself touched this country with his dick
>>57086397
Hey, what happened to the GDP around 1945ish there? That's weird.
>what are the british african colonies
Anglos are just a bunch of pirates who are good making propaganda.
>>57086192
>Why is England so great?
you can earn 10x more as toilet cleaner then engineer in poland.
>>57086592
You memeing me bro?
>>57086592
put a bit of brain power in it, lad, the answer will be apparent. what massive fucking event happened around 1945?
>>57086435
India still counts as a colony. It was relatively advanced back then too, and successful, and Britain invested a lot of money into it
>>57086672
>>57086678
No, it just seems like a bizarre and random thing to happen to all three countries right around then. Probably some private matter you'd rather not have me poking my nose into I guess.
>>57086192
no butthurt envolved, but france influenced more the modern world than brits
>>57086892
shit, i was rused
>>57086973
KEK
EK
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>>57087079
is trut tho.
started iluminism, photography, cinema, created the first cars, metric system. and without quoting every scientific advance, i just think that, for the good or bad, french revolution influenced much more peoples beliefs than english revolution.
plus, the industrial revolution was something that was about to happen over western europe, uk only had more capital
>>57087221
>french revolution influenced much more peoples beliefs than english revolution.
We never had a Revolution like the French one or those on the continent during 1848
>>57087400
not like the frenchs, but, even before them, you guys created a parliamentary monarchy
>>57086672
>>57086678
Sperging like a good un
>>57087470
Yes not in a revolution though. It was a process that started in 1215 with Magna Carta and continues to this day, and never will be completed because society (and thus government) changes over time.
I dislike this idea from the French and Americans that you freeze a moment in time, write down what your country stands for in a constitutional document, and then refer to it forever making it almost impossible to amend
Plus if you're going to talk about who influenced the world more, there are more Parliamentary Democracies in the British style worldwide than there are American or French political systems.
>>57086397
Wow Europeans are poorfags
>>57087949
It's not current value US dollars so you can't compare directly with your pic. Compare with this table instead.
GDP per capita is lower than the US though. Europe has catching up to do
based poland
>>57088088
Salaries in the UK are pretty dismal by US standards, especially at the high end. Was always shocked by how shit the pay is over there, especially considering that the cost of living is much higher.
>>57087949
Send semen ration please.
>>57086192
Engrand is the most important european country since the XVIIth century (maybe even in the world but I can't relate to old ass cunts like India, China or Iran)
It created the enlightenment, it created liberalism, it created freemasonry, it created industrial economy, the French were jealous of them (Montesqiue or w/e), Germans, everybody. Hell, it helped to create the USA, although not entirely
But in terms of civil rights Poles don't need to envy the UK since Poland was centuries ahead of everybody
>pretty much invented the modern world
Nope sorry, France did, allowing USA to exist.
>kicked everyones ass for centuries
Paid the others to fight for them*
Worst, the crown sucked kosher cocks to win against Napoleon, and made litteraly, politically the jewish power.
We can basically say that they killed the white race.
>more intelligent than other euros on average
KEK
>plenty of legendary bands
Thanks to America's language.
>every colony is now a successful first world country
Australia, Canada, New Zeeland
SURELY RELEVANT HONHONHON
>>57086192
...and the millennium blow-dome thing really rocked, too.
The big Ferris wheel pretty much makes up for it. Seems like cool place for a cocktail party.
>>57086192
Are we having a bad day Poland?
>>57089798
>this entire post
>England
Top kek
Sorry but it was Scotland that invented the world
>>57090219
Nice german plane
>>57090295
Nice .gif
>>57090441
French one
>>57087872
the notions of citizenship and everyone being equal under law is something that is supposedly followed in every civilized country. and was an idea spread by french revolution.
>>57091077
Nonsense.
1. Citizenship
The notion of citizenship started in the ancient Greek city-states if not early. It was DEFINITELY around during the Roman Empire because an important historical event of Roman times was when they made everyone in the Empire a Roman citizen
2.Equality under the law
I don't see any evidence this was spread by the French Revolution, as the idea had existed before then (Magna Carta in 1215 England established the right to due legal process for all freemen), and then the French certainly didn't practice what they preached.
Universal equality under the law and human rights for everyone, except those black people in the French colony of Haiti who should be genocided for wanting freedom.
The legacy of the French Revolution is hypocritical bullshit like that, brief dictatorship across Europe and centimetres.
any english native speakers here?
What does "fragmatic" mean?
Urban dictionary says it means "totally awesome", but i doubt that’s it. It’s somehow related to pragmatic. There’s also a fragmatic function..
>>57092050
Never heard that used before in my life
>>57092050
That's not a word.
>>57092480
>>57092540
i found this:
http://www3.nd.edu/~ehalton/Haberort.htm
anyway, if 2 native speakers say it’s not a word, that’s good enough for me. Thanks
>>57092658
The author of that text just invented that word, he says so in the text.
"Fragment" is a real word. It means to break up into pieces or disintegrate.
>>57092050
i think you mean "pragmatic" :
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
"a pragmatic approach to politics"
>>57092957
Anon doesn't mean "pragmatic". Read the last line of the post.
>now a literal muslim colony
lmao!!
>>57086192
>it's like God himself touched this country with his dick
this was actually a theory during the late 1800s to early 1900s, it was thought that the british were the lost tribe of israel and that the brits were actually god's chosen people
it seemed at the time to be the only way to explain how brits were so much better than everyone else, it's called british israelism
>>57087949
>alaska
>highest value
how? what do they do beside gold mining and fishing?
>>57093739
It was most likely influenced by the puritans
The sad thing is that puritans destroyed England and catholicism and I don't understand why people in the UK hold any sentiment for Cromwell, who by destroying catholicism paved the way for liberalism, which is killing Britain now
>>57093889
The catholic kings and queens after the majority of the people converted to protestantism were shitty.
>>57093889
England became great after Cromwell, he didn't destroy it. In Cromwell's time England was fairly weak, not near the top tier of global powers. England and later the UK became a formidable economic and military power after 1688, the so-called "Glorious Revolution", which happened after the Republic and Restoration.
>>57089463
is there any sort of way to measure this?is it GDP per capita?
For example, like you say, even though the UK is the 6th largest economy in the world, it doesn't feel that way. I see the price of US foods and stuff and my jaw drops. On minimum wage with little expenses i'd struggle to even have anything left after bills.
What I mean is: a factor of average income (or minimum wage) over cost of living to actually give an idea of how easy it is to get by in such a country and have an expendable income.
daily reminder
>>57094300
Gotta remember we get a whole lot more public services than they do in the US, and so get taxed more too.
>>57094300
Median disposable income after taxation, PPP adjusted, would be the best way to measure what you want
GDP per capita has nothing to do with it
>>57094395
>>57094389
Thanks, found what I wanted.
>http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/income/
As expected, the US absolutely blows the 2nd ranked country out the water. US rating 10, Switzerland 7.4, Luxembourg 6.6.
We're at 4.4.
>>57089548
>It created the enlightenment, it created liberalism, it created freemasonry, it created industrial economy
that's us m8
>>57089798
you're supposed to remove the baguette from your ass before posting, so it's not so hurt, Pierre.
>>57094772
>it created industrial economy
that sure was the french alright
>>57094772
>we wuz industrialised et sheit
>>57094772
the french revolutionised the industry with the guillotine
>>57094182
But by destroying catholicism Cromwell destroyed any sense of ethics and morality, and Britain is at the point of losing its culture
You can't make this shit up
Enjoy the pic /int/
>>57095138
>having a british flag and not being english
are you some sort of cuck?
>>57095036
No Protestantism didn't do that. And the Vatican is doing a fine job destroying itself with commie pope
>>57095138
FOY
>>57094772
Liberalism was shared amongst several European nations during the enlightenment, though France was probably its greatest pioneer. The industrial economy was created by the UK
>>57095249
Nah, I'm here for the easy spanish pussy
>>57095366
>FOY
kill yourself you autist, your containment general exists for a reason
>>57095438
I don't even post in /brit/. Why do you think the rest of this site started saying "lad".
You can't contain memes and/or autism to one general on 4chan
>>57095366
I'd say England and Scotland were more liberal than France
>>57095471
that's because lad isn't autistic. FOY definitely is though
>>57086192
Thank you, Britain.
>>57095646
Bit of faux pa to thank yourself
>>57086192
>Why is England so great?
ahahahahahahha, fucking 80% turks and you think it's great ahahahahhahaha
>>57088088
>Fucking Quatar
>>57094654
Sounds about right. In a global context, Brits are relatively wealthy, but when compared to their former colonies like AUS, US, and CAN, they are nowhere even close. The standard of living in the UK is far below places like that.
>>57095323
Protestantism was a mistake that never should've happened
>>57096317
Eh, we're still pretty high up. We're actually above New Zealand on the "Household net adjusted disposable income" rankings, fairly top tier, just below Canada.
I tweaked with the settings a bit and the top countries to come out for me personally based on what I value most (income, low housing cost, life satisfaction and work/life balance) US didn't actually come out on top. Top for me were Norway and Denmark.
To say the UK is "not even close" to the ex colonies and "far below places like that" is actually ridiculous. I'm sorry I furthered your biases about the UK being a shithole because it really isn't.
The main problem we have is housing and I think that is the root of my dissatisfaction at the moment.
>>57096317
>>57097084
>>57097084
I used to live in the UK, so I'm pretty familiar with what life is like there. If you are low income, I can see how things might be better there, but if you are average or above, you are much better off elsewhere.
>>57097174
>not putting income and jobs all the way up
Why?
The Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights were pretty cool.
Remember kids, there's no substitute for freedom.
And by freedom I mean capitalism.
>>57097174
Jobs give equivalent private services that are significantly better than their public counterparts f@m
>>57090926
Nickie Cage is French?
kek
>>57092050
fragmatic seems like something a twelve year old would say in an online shooting game
I don't know man. Doesn't seem that great to me
>>57093741
Cost of living
