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Bangladesh, Ghana, and Mauritius celebrate their independence from the crown this month (lemmy.ml)
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[-] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 31 points 5 months ago

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 11 points 5 months ago

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

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Thanks

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