Tbh I wouldn't mind the commonwealth becoming a proper trading bloc, as a leaf

I agree

Rescue the UK from Europe

The entire anglosphere would benefit from increased solidarity.

If anything the Commonwealth is slipping more apart.

When QEII passes, Australia and probably Canada will take the opportunity to become republics

Australia is just waiting for the grand ol' dame to pass since they don't want to do it to her.

Charles on the other hand...

Are...are Canada and Australia not already republics?

No. They still look to the British Crown as their head of state

They don't have an elected head of state, just a prime minister just like Britain.

When the PM of Canada, Australia, or NZ visit, they get only 19 guns

Does that preclude them from being republics?

I guess technically, yeah.

I think Canada and Australia should become their own sovereign entities, but that the commonwealth should ultimately stick together

granted I also want the UK to go back to its old values and stop being a fucked up proto-Orwellian shithole, and I want Canadians to have some semblance of national pride. I know my wants are out there

I demand increased royal authority over the Commonwealth.

And the reintegration of released colonies.

what does "go back to its old values" mean, when talking about the UK?
slave trade and aggressive colonisation with the occasional genocide? isolationism? weird huge dresses? inbreeding? the UK has a long and varied history and its norms have changed throughout

lol

pls say you don't mean the dresses, those were stupid

Oh, please. Britain is, to the best of my knowledge, almost singlehandedly responsible for bringing the contemporary slave trade to an end. They stopped first and put pressure on other nations to do the same. They are the reason slavery is extinct in the Western world, and the reason the East tries to hide it.

The Enlightenment was pretty cool too tbh

It had its ups.

And downs. *eyes France*

>slavery is extinct
lmao

Think of it more like polio than smallpox

and Britain was the primary driver of slave trade, so no shit once they stopped it collapsed

That last 1% is a bitch to kill

isn't it the last 5%? or was that humans

Britain was A mover of the slave trade

Brazil got 10x as many black slaves as did the US

Spain, Portugal, even France were just as culpable

Holland moved slaves around just like they moved everything around

And, while I don't have the numbers in front of me, I'm pretty sure the Atlantic Slave Trade was small peanuts compared to the African and Asian Slave Trade.

So yeah, I'll give GBR some credit there

oooo, what are we ~~arguing about~~ debating today?

Here's an old article, but it ties in very nicely with Tim's video today.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-democrats-immigration-mistake/528678/

This woman is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7StnD_Qq5M

It seems like every great person has been fired at least once in their career.

For the sake of freedom of speech, please watch and share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps8iwcxaXV0 before it gets made illegal in Europe . Sharia in Europe: Human Rights Court Adopts Islamic Blasphemy Laws.

that should go in <#399204742846349312> tbh