I listened to the Industrial Revolutions Podcast and it confirmed what I always suspected…. fucking Scotland carried the British Empire.
Lach0X on
The English will do anything to shift blame.
Used_Repeat_6613 on
This will piss off the scots nats and the beauty is it is 100% true lol
Blade_Shot24 on
So this why when I hear of the British Empire The English are mentioned but Scots are silent?!
Ah nah, put em up!
TheHistoryMaster2520 on
“Northern Irish grumbling intensifies*
Rynewulf on
Remember The Empire and The Union is diverse and tolerant 🙂 Don’t ask Parliament how they gathered so many people together or what they did though >:(
Cerparis on
I’m often surprised how many people don’t understand the difference between English and British.
Now don’t get me wrong Scotland is definitely the smaller kingdom between the two.
But despite that, it’s a significant part of what makes the British, well, British!
They’re an integral part of the British identity and many historic Scot’s have contributed to science, engineering and so much modern technology.
A surface look at popular history would have you believe that Scotland is an underdeveloped backwater province rather than the industrialised, well educated and integral part of the UK that it actually is.
Kooky_March_7289 on
A lot like the Austrians claiming they were the “first victims” of the Third Reich. Nah dude, you were very much along for the ride.
Vexonte on
Scotland England, Basque Spanish. It is a very morally complicated dynamic.
Still funny to think of 4 chan coming up with the exact opposite mentality that Scotland was a better country when it was actively progressing the empire and making moves to control it.
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I listened to the Industrial Revolutions Podcast and it confirmed what I always suspected…. fucking Scotland carried the British Empire.
The English will do anything to shift blame.
This will piss off the scots nats and the beauty is it is 100% true lol
So this why when I hear of the British Empire The English are mentioned but Scots are silent?!
Ah nah, put em up!
“Northern Irish grumbling intensifies*
Remember The Empire and The Union is diverse and tolerant 🙂 Don’t ask Parliament how they gathered so many people together or what they did though >:(
I’m often surprised how many people don’t understand the difference between English and British.
Now don’t get me wrong Scotland is definitely the smaller kingdom between the two.
But despite that, it’s a significant part of what makes the British, well, British!
They’re an integral part of the British identity and many historic Scot’s have contributed to science, engineering and so much modern technology.
A surface look at popular history would have you believe that Scotland is an underdeveloped backwater province rather than the industrialised, well educated and integral part of the UK that it actually is.
A lot like the Austrians claiming they were the “first victims” of the Third Reich. Nah dude, you were very much along for the ride.
Scotland England, Basque Spanish. It is a very morally complicated dynamic.
Still funny to think of 4 chan coming up with the exact opposite mentality that Scotland was a better country when it was actively progressing the empire and making moves to control it.
And Welsh and Irish.