It still amazes me that a country as tiny as the UK was this ambitious and powerful to expand like that. Like if any of those other countries banded together and were like Yeah, No, it's not on mate. Their numbers would eclipse the UK. maybe somebody with mechanics of colonization can explain how the UK was "succesful" at this venture

[–] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Look up the CCPgrey video about who holds the keys to the kingdom. Napoleon wasn't necessarily being dismissive when he called England a nation of merchants. They were very good at organizing power structures in ways that benefited them.

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 7 months ago

I think the title of that video is "The Rules for Rulers"

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks

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