Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoIs America a well oiled machine or is it a series of mouse traps and no one really understands why it's still around?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down125
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareIs America a well oiled machine or is it a series of mouse traps and no one really understands why it's still around?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 days agoIt does in the sense that it stops being a country and becomes a part of a country. There’s no country called England today.
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. According to Wikipedia, anyway. I’m not sure what you think England is.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThat is… Fair enough. I guess I don’t understand the UK political system. Anyway that pushes us back to the mid-17th century when they tried their hand at being a Republic for a while.
It does in the sense that it stops being a country and becomes a part of a country. There’s no country called England today.
According to Wikipedia, anyway. I’m not sure what you think England is.
That is… Fair enough. I guess I don’t understand the UK political system. Anyway that pushes us back to the mid-17th century when they tried their hand at being a Republic for a while.