British Empire at its territorial peak

Vivid Maps ^ | 10/5/17

[minnesota_bound]

By 1913 the British Empire covered 35.5 million sq km or 13.7 million sq mi (24 percent of the planets’ total land area).

Then the English turned to socialism.

[LouAvul]

"It has not worked out well for them."

It has not worked out well for us, either. And it didn't even take 100 years.

Amazing that fools living and breathing in America refuse to consider that variable in the equation.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Read their literature. Jane Austin + the one who wrote Howards End/Passage to India. Too much of their stuff is about race class and just plain differences in people and their unjust behavior. Andrew /young was right. They invented racism.

[bert]

Pakistan on the Thames will be at war with Black africans

[Svartalfiar]

Read their literature. Jane Austin + the one who wrote Howards End/Passage to India. Too much of their stuff is about race class and just plain differences in people and their unjust behavior. Andrew /young was right. They invented racism.

"Racism" has been around far longer than the English empire... The Aztecs killed everybody after they overthrow the older guys in charge. The Mongols tore through Eurasia killing everyone who wasn't them. Everyone in history on the planet has always preferred to live and work with people who look and act like themselves. It's only very modern times, and in a few countries, that multicultural societies have sprung up and and somewhat flourished, despite the diversity.

[bigbob]

Every July 4 I thank my Scottish pal for making independence days happen for hundreds of years!