I personally think the Empire reached it's peak during Victoria's rule, long after they lost the U.S.
I can't think of a single country which gained it's independence from Britain in the last 100 years which is not worse off for it.
"I can't think of a single country which gained it's independence from Britain in the last 100 years which is not worse off for it."
Oh please... other than the 3rd world hell-holes, which were hellholes as colonies anyway, places like Australia, Canada, and India, as well as US, have prospered.
Yarddog, youre way off base. Liberty loving people everywhere are much better off for not being told by a bunch of british b*stards what they should be doing, and who they should be buying from, and who should be taking their land.
Ireland, for eg is far far better off WITHOUT the British (post victoria, I may add), than the parts of Ireland that are still under British domination.
India, for all its blemishes and scars, is far happier without the British than with.
OK, Africa has had a few foulups, but they are still FREE. I cannot agree to the idea that the British empire was some sort of great panacea.
Im glad it bit the dust, and hard. And the only sort of braiwashing I've had, is to value LIBERTY.
"I can't think of a single country which gained it's independence from Britain in the last 100 years which is not worse off for it.
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Probably so, but they were worse off before Britain took over, so I guess they are just back to their usual selves.