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发帖数: 1709 | 1 The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/sunday/brexit-ireland-empire.html
?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage | b*********3
发帖数: 1709 | 2 Humiliations in neo-imperialist ventures abroad, followed by the rolling
calamity of Brexit at home, have cruelly exposed the bluff of what Hannah
Arendt called the “quixotic fools of imperialism.” As partition comes home
, threatening bloodshed in Ireland and secession in Scotland, and an
unimaginable chaos of no-deal Brexit looms, ordinary British people stand to
suffer from the untreatable exit wounds once inflicted by Britain’s
bumbling chumocrats on millions of Asians and Africans. More ugly historical
ironies may yet waylay Britain on its treacherous road to Brexit. But it is
safe to say that a long-cossetted British ruling class has finally come to
the end of itself as it was. | b*********3
发帖数: 1709 | 3 Finally, I couldn't take it any longer and pointed out that the British were
the biggest hypocrites on the planet. For decades the British empire
subjugated huge populations on every continent, pillaged and looted their
resources, treated indigenous peoples like servants and lesser beings etc.
but now, - in an act of grotesque hypocrisy, they are freaking out because
people with dark skin and/or funny accents want to live in the UK. What has
surprised me most in the whole Brexit controversy is that I've yet to read
an opinion piece that pointed this out. The sad thing is, that this isn't
just ruling class hypocrisy but this historical amnesia it seems to have
taken root at all levels of UK society. | b*********3
发帖数: 1709 | 4 We tend to forget that Winston Churchill's brilliant, tough, needed
leadership during World War II overshadows his otherwise long career of
racism, militarism, and, dare I say it, arrogant incompetence combined with
a brutal disregard for other people's lives. Not long after the War ended,
he was voted out of office.
Brexit is fundamentally a racist, tribalist reaction, a dreadful (and
ineffective) solution to real problems. But rather than honestly address
the problem (See above "the Wall" for America's equivalent) the shallow
thinkers fired up the "Andy Capps" of the UK without ever considering the
unintended consequences. We have our red hats here but they are pretty
much the same . | b*********3
发帖数: 1709 | 5 马的，中国HK人绝对写不出这样的文章
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【在 b*********3 的大作中提到】
: The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class
: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/sunday/brexit-ireland-empire.html
: ?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
| b****n
发帖数: 6896 | 6 日不落帝国分崩离析不仅仅是英国完结了，整个西方都得衰落。 | b*********3
发帖数: 1709 | 7 三十年河东，三十年河西
【在 b****n 的大作中提到】
: 日不落帝国分崩离析不仅仅是英国完结了，整个西方都得衰落。
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