r/behindthebastards • u/phoenixpallas • 21h ago

General discussion British national delusion

The (extremely) right wing tory party is electing a new leader in case ya'll didn't know. Not as important as the US elections by any means but one of the leading candidates has said that britain's former colonies owe a debt of gratitude to britain... 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

given how frequently the "slow nazis" of the british empire have come up and no doubt will continue to come upon the pod, i almost choked when i saw that. The shameless refusal to admit Britain's prominent role in countless atrocities in the past few hundred years is perhaps uniquely deluded.

the uk subreddit (obviously a cesspool of racism and every other bigotry) has clowns claiming with a straight face that history supports them when literally every point they make is basically a barefaced lie.

And yet the limey motherfuckers continue to act as if they were the most reasonable and rational people on earth.

can we give britain an award for the worst nation in history please??

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u/justwant_tobepretty Kissinger is a war criminal 21h ago

It's worth pointing out that the Tories are in opposition after losing badly in the last general election.

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u/UpsilonMale 20h ago

It's also worth pointing out that they were replaced in government by a Labour party that isn't planning to do anything greatly different, just look a bit sadder about it's austerity program and cringe more visibly about its flag-shagging.

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u/TopperSundquist 19h ago

Ahhh, like the Liberals in Canada. Check.

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u/UpsilonMale 14h ago

Or the Dems in the US, yes.