TheAlbionist Member since Jul 04th 2011 3306 posts
Tue Dec-30-14 11:11 AM
49. "Same as India and the rest of the colonies" In response to In response to 0 Tue Dec-30-14 11:13 AM by TheAlbionist
The general take is that they were always going to leave at some point, so it's maybe not felt as much as a defeat as a slightly disappointing thing from a selfish point of view, but a perfectly correct thing to happen. Obviously the US, more than India, was an abject defeat (India was always intended to be given back, even if it had to be wrested in the end)... but I think most Brits just see it as getting smacked down by a pet monster who could never really be a pet. You're a united continent, we're a united island. Once you'd got all the political infrastructure you needed, it was only going to last so long.
Whoever said Brits don't get taught their role in slavery and empire is dizzy though; I had to do pretty much a whole year in school on the evils of empire. People have an aversion to flag waving over here and the connection to empire and slavery is a large part of why. We're still very much embarrassed by it.