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Alsander's avatar

Speaking as a foreigner (occasionally) resident in the UK, what strikes me most about Britain is its cultural effiminacy. I think its long-term decline was set in stone once the American colonies became an escape valve for the lively yet subjugated Anglo-Saxon spirit. A masculine creative spirit. What's eventually left is the unchallenged Norman superstructure. (I'm thinking of Mitchell Heisman's Anglo vs Norman worldview here.) That's the real 'Great Replacement'. It's hard to imagine a William Blake or a DH Lawrence existing in Britain today, but you could imagine them reborn as American.

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Devaraj Sandberg's avatar

What I notice when I come back to London is the lack of investment in infrastructure. Like the internet is one third the speed of Istanbul; the trains are expensive and frequently cancelled; gas water electric are just insanely overpriced. To me, if you give up on infrastructure, you're giving up on the future.

Btw, I don't find all non-Western countries in the shit like the UK is. I think UK media tries to make it seem like it's global.

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