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| red sox 777 06/02/20 1:15:55 PM #145: | Lightning Strikes posted... Britain didn't get away with it though. The end result was WW1 (and WW2 as a direct consequence), and the violent collapse of the empire. This isn't unique to Britain, basically every major European power had a bloody reckoning in the same time period, France, Germany, Russia, the Ottomans. And hey, I am originally from Britain and live in a country that both has extremely close ties with Britain now but also came out of that violent collapse, and let me tell you - they haven't forgotten or let Britain get away with it. Every empire eventually falls. Power - and freedom - are both fleeting. That's the message of the song as well - the implication is that Britain will be free only so long as she rules the waves. I think in practice, great empires tend to be treated better by their conquerors than they treated the conquered. Attila did not, for instance, tear down Rome stone by stone and sow its fields with salt. Perhaps it's because exceptional cruelty and thirst for power is one of the things that makes you into a great empire in the first place. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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