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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, openspaceman said:

No, more the lax business ethos inherited from spoils of empire leading to unwillingness to forgo dividends in favour of investing in research and development.

Lax business ethos and lack of innovation?

 

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-08/the-50-greatest-british-inventions/

[eggsarascal]

Empire!!, it's ridiculous , we haven't had one for years. It's about time folk moved on.

[scotspine1]

Would the world now be better off if the British had lacked an Empire in 1940? 

 

 

 

[tree-fancier123]

41 minutes ago, scotspine1 said:

Would the world now be better off if the British had lacked an Empire in 1940? 

 

 

 

the world would have been better off if the allies hadn't accepted german surrender in 1918 and instead waded right in and carved it up, a military historian would know why, but as a layman, I can't understand why when a country wages warfare and is defeated they don't just lose everything - so the whole country name is deleted and the geography absorbed by the victors

Edited October 21, 2018 by tree-fancier123

[the village idiot]

31 minutes ago, scotspine1 said:

Would the world now be better off if the British had lacked an Empire in 1940? 

 

 

 

I don't really see what empire has to do with defeating the nazi's.

 

Empire building is what Hitler and his cronies were engaged in.

 

The best defense against invading forces is to have good strong relationships with as much of the world as possible.

 

Isolating ourselves is clearly moving in the opposite direction.

[tree-fancier123]

7 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

I don't really see what empire has to do with defeating the nazi's.

having control of a large geographical area must have helped with seaports and all kinds of logistics, also natural resources, oil, copper mines etc

Edited October 21, 2018 by tree-fancier123

[the village idiot]

3 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

having control of a large geographical area must have helped with seaports and all kinds of logistics, also natural resources, mines etc

You don't need control to get help.

[scotspine1]

4 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

I don't really see what empire has to do with defeating the nazi's.

 

Without the British Empire, Churchill's strategy of defying Hitler and his allies would have stood a much smaller chance of success. 

 

[scotspine1]

13 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

The best defense against invading forces is to have good strong relationships 

 

Worked so well in the case of Hitler didn't it. 

 

 

 

[tree-fancier123]

1 minute ago, scotspine1 said:

 

Worked so well in the case of Hitler didn't it. 

 

seems unreal Hitler turned turtle on Stalin, Hitler - charismatic but thick