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Why did England go from being a superpower to being a welfare shithole state

it has lost most of its colonies and is now a festering TTT
mischievous scarlet menage
  06/10/25
Overextended finances.
Insanely creepy transparent keepsake machete dragon
  06/10/25
English people forgot they were German, picked the wrong sid...
Fiercely-loyal rehab
  06/10/25
WW1 and 2 Ruined them. Also colonialism was a bad business.
avocado community account
  06/10/25
mass immigration
Offensive dilemma therapy
  06/10/25
WW1
jet-lagged famous landscape painting pistol
  06/10/25
They knew the empire wasn't sustainable before WW1 and decid...
khaki up-to-no-good orchestra pit
  06/10/25
the UK lost WWII. that's a difficult thing for them (and eve...
contagious cordovan haunted graveyard
  06/10/25


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Date: June 10th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: mischievous scarlet menage

it has lost most of its colonies and is now a festering TTT

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Date: June 10th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: Insanely creepy transparent keepsake machete dragon

Overextended finances.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5735810&forum_id=2Elisa#49003217)



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Date: June 10th, 2025 6:21 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal rehab

English people forgot they were German, picked the wrong side in two consecutive wars.

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Date: June 10th, 2025 6:25 PM
Author: avocado community account

WW1 and 2 Ruined them. Also colonialism was a bad business.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5735810&forum_id=2Elisa#49003228)



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Date: June 10th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: Offensive dilemma therapy

mass immigration

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5735810&forum_id=2Elisa#49003229)



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Date: June 10th, 2025 6:48 PM
Author: jet-lagged famous landscape painting pistol

WW1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5735810&forum_id=2Elisa#49003281)



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Date: June 10th, 2025 7:04 PM
Author: khaki up-to-no-good orchestra pit

They knew the empire wasn't sustainable before WW1 and decided it would be better to take a backseat to the US rather than see the Germans supplant them. They basically tossed everything at defeating the Germany with full knowledge it would be their demise. Basically a controlled crash. And to be fair they had been punching above their weight class for too long as it was.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5735810&forum_id=2Elisa#49003311)



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Date: June 10th, 2025 7:09 PM
Author: contagious cordovan haunted graveyard

the UK lost WWII. that's a difficult thing for them (and even americans) to accept, but as a historical matter, that's what actually happened to them. their loss in WWII was both territorial and financial (end of the empire combined with the selling of london to international financial interests).

the UK has not been an independent nation since that time. it has been a 'soft colony' of both 'american' power and international finance, which has often dictated terms at a very granular level. for example, during the colliery shutdowns of the 1980's, international firms and investment trusts were often the ones calling the shots regarding which specific mining pits in wales or yorkshire would get the axe.

britons themselves had no say in these matters, having lost the war.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5735810&forum_id=2Elisa#49003323)