Because Germany is a traditional continental power. It having hegemony in Europe would be far far different than Soviet union
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Replying to @i_contemplate_ @LenteCurrite
Anyway your thesis is 'overfitting' the data. Britain doesn't control the US. Read post in full AT LEAST http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2011/02/viscount-hinchingbrooke-demurs.html …
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Reading. No, it was only said that US independence is incomplete, not that it isn't independent. 'Controlled' is a term more apt for Canada.
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Replying to @LenteCurrite @i_contemplate_
Anyway what you said is also the same thing. Seeing itself as the successor or whatever, they still continue Britain's policies and help it
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Replying to @LenteCurrite @i_contemplate_
retain power in its old haunts.
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Yeah why woudn't they? Anglos populated the anglo american world - silly to think of them as being confined to the sceptred isle.
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When you revolt against the King, you do it for different ideals, and you try to apply these instead when you become the boss.
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Yeah and then reality of power and dominance kicks in. The Civil War for instance less than a century after.
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The South agreed with North on the issue of separating from the Crown. Civil war wasn't fought to re-join with Britain.
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Replying to @LenteCurrite @i_contemplate_
What remains is opportunistic collaboration. For that both North and South collaborated with Britain.
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Thats not the point - point is reality of power struggle and devious plans to deal with power ambitions.
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