Orwell diagnosed this, writing in the 40s, as a Brit who was very defensive of English culture in his way and yet tried to be realistically self deprecating about it, especially in comparison to America
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NHS would've been a much harder sell to the British voting populace if it applied to the whole population of India too, wouldn't it? Or the former possessions in the Caribbean? Or if the AmRev hadn't happened and you had to pay for healthcare for Black people in Alabama
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But no, they divested from Empire when it got too troublesome and expensive, kept the money, went into retirement and tried to pretend they've always been one of the nice countries Cracking their shitty jokes "Indigenous studies? Well here English history IS indigenous", har har
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So I think this is a very interesting and useful look at the "It's always race argument"https://twitter.com/conor64/status/1340060846156746753?s=20 …
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