Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:03:39 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 02/06/2025 12:35, Borax Man wrote:

On 2025-05-31, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 31/05/2025 18:27, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 31 May 2025 11:07:00 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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Britain had an Empire once that dealt with all sorts of people. We
aren't as insular as Americans.

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Then the chickens came home to roost...

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No. We decided that Empires were Passé and too expensive to run so we
set up a common wealth trade bloc which has been much better.
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We leave empires to the EU, Putin and King Donald Le Grande
Petomane...

 
No, you spent your capital on WWI and WWII and didn't have the will and
means to maintain the empire anymore.

 
Yawn. Another parochial brit hater.
Jealous are we?
 
It takes wars to sustain empires silly. That's why we decided against
it. Too damned expensive.

Funny, I just read an article about Starmer saying it's time to ramp up
defence and maybe get military spending up to 3% someday. He seems to be
having an 'oh shit!' moment while realizing the US might be getting tired
of its big brother status.