This tremendously thirsty resentment of America for being the empire Britain was a hundred years ago Just straight up obviously wanting to BE America while burning with shame over this desire (for all the wrong reasons)
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If you want to know why the madness of Brexit happened eventually the seeds were all visibly already planted way back then in 2003
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Just, like, fuck you There's nothing righteous about hating America just because you wish you could be America instead, as opposed to not wanting there to be an America at all
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And it's worse because unlike all the other people who want to be America it's not about wanting "your turn" You HAD your turn You WERE the global hegemon, you got your chance at it, and you were fucking just as bad as we are Maybe even worse
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We took love actually seriously???
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No, but British exceptionalism is the point of the speech and that’s serious especially because that’s why brexit happened, that’s why the government fucked the covid response etc. Etc.
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It's exceptionalism and it's ruining both our countries.
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I just watched that speech, which is about as much as I've ever seen of Love Actually, and it reaffirms my decision to skip the movie.
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The Emma Thompson bits were very good.
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