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We don't all smoke weed in Germany, Scholz assures Chinese students (www.reuters.com)

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

British

Also Imperial Britain was a monarchy, not a free country. Brunacho's comment makes zero sense.

[–] force@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair just before the time of the opium wars they were relatively far along in their process of converting to a democracy.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

they were relatively far along in their process of converting to a democracy.

A country with an unelected House of Lords is still not a free democracy.

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

The wackiest thing is that it's often the Lords who have stopped the Commons enacting some really authoritarian stuff!