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Originally Posted by Chris
We are at the centre of world time, world finance and the world’s most widely-spoken language, with a reputation for stable government and society. The territory hasn’t been successfully invaded in centuries.
It is very fashionable, especially on the British Left, to whine about what a dreadful place this is, but don’t let self loathing and short sightedness sway you. This is one of the great places to live on Earth, regardless of whatever transient issues we have right now.
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Ironically, it is naïve exceptionalism like this that is the major cause of the broken country we now have. We know who did it, we know how they did it and we know why they did it. It is a bit like the fruitless search for Brexit benefits: "Well, we haven't been invaded for centuries?" is one of the best reasons they can come up with. Desperate stuff.
The delusion of "transient issues" and the denial of the root causes behind them will just accelerate the decline. The poetic irony is that you can't now leave the UK as you once we're able to do, even if you wanted to
