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minus-square@woelkchenlinkEnglish10•6 months ago British Also Imperial Britain was a monarchy, not a free country. Brunacho’s comment makes zero sense.
minus-square@forcelinkEnglish9•edit-26 months agoTo be fair just before the time of the opium wars they were relatively far along in their process of converting to a democracy.
minus-square@woelkchenlinkEnglish3•6 months ago they were relatively far along in their process of converting to a democracy. A country with an unelected House of Lords is still not a free democracy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•6 months agoThe wackiest thing is that it’s often the Lords who have stopped the Commons enacting some really authoritarian stuff!
Also Imperial Britain was a monarchy, not a free country. Brunacho’s comment makes zero sense.
To be fair just before the time of the opium wars they were relatively far along in their process of converting to a democracy.
A country with an unelected House of Lords is still not a free democracy.
The wackiest thing is that it’s often the Lords who have stopped the Commons enacting some really authoritarian stuff!