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It's time to abolish England (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by jackmarxist@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Scotland should be granted full independence and England should be divided up in several smaller countries all under a peacekeeping force.

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[-] FearsomeJoeandmac@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This would include wales than too. The welsh and Cornish participated in the empire. Not as much as the scots, but they did.

I'm just saying by your logic using participation in the empire as a metric.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Wales was conquered, Scotland’s king took over as king of England too. Those feel like pretty different scenarios.

[-] FearsomeJoeandmac@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Still participated in the empire and the spread of british imperialism.

They entered the empire in different ways yes, and you'd think wales being conquered would make them absolutely against participating in the empire in any form, but they did participate , and sometimes enthusiastically so.

Wales and Cornwall do not get a pass.

If we are going to try and exclude scotland the same needs to be brought up about wales.

Don't know much about Ireland besides the plantations.