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North Korea has nukes too.
When North Korea can deliver these supposed nukes to your front door they will have a seat as well.
I thought range(Hwasong-19) >= range(Trident-2). I doubt they'd get a seat for that.
When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
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Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#72Related. Others?
On Friday 21st March 2025, the sun will set on the British "Empire" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41957938 - Oct 2024 (23 comments)
When (if ever) did the Sun set on the British Empire? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40631309 - June 2024 (41 comments)
Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
‘Protect the people of hong Kong’? You mean follow the treaty they signed ages ago?
They could have done quite a lot to piss of the Chinese while still honoring the treaty. The lease was only for the New Territories, but they gave all of HK back. Or they could have tried to give it to the government in Taiwan. Whether that would have protected the people of Hong Kong is another matter. I think at the time people were still optimistic about the direction China was taking and they might have thought C…
Taiwan would have refused since this would have instantly precipitated war with the mainland.
Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
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It's sadly symbolic of the current political direction of the UK. It's probably not too important either way, but the chagos island deal is one of the most one sided I have ever seen. On a darker note the UK was unable to protect the people of Hong Kong when it mattered in another symbol of it's decline. At least they had enough courage and strength to support Ukraine in the early days of the war when nobody else wou…
Protect the people of Hong Kong from what?
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Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#75As an outsider I consider Canada and Australia - British Empire.
Hard to think otherwise as they have the same king.
Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#76As an outsider I consider Canada and Australia - British Empire. Hard to think otherwise as they have the same king.
Does their king have any more hard powers in Canada or Australia than, say, Taylor Swift or some other rich celebrity?
Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#77As an outsider I consider Canada and Australia - British Empire. Hard to think otherwise as they have the same king.
To be satisfyingly pedantic, my King isn’t the same King. Mine is the King of Canada. It just happens to be the same person as the King of England and the King of Australia ;)
Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's sadly symbolic of the current political direction of the UK. It's probably not too important either way, but the chagos island deal is one of the most one sided I have ever seen. On a darker note the UK was unable to protect the people of Hong Kong when it mattered in another symbol of it's decline. At least they had enough courage and strength to support Ukraine in the early days of the war when nobody else wou…
‘Protect the people of hong Kong’? You mean follow the treaty they signed ages ago?
They might mean “retaliate to the violation of the treaty they signed”. Hong Kong was supposed to get fifty years of autonomy; the National Security Law ended that prematurely.
Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#79As an outsider I consider Canada and Australia - British Empire. Hard to think otherwise as they have the same king.
Does their king have any more hard powers in Canada or Australia than, say, Taylor Swift or some other rich celebrity?
Technically. The king here has as much power as he has in the UK. And, likewise, if ever exercised it’d probably lead to the end of the monarchy.
In practice Taylor Swift might have more.
Re: When the sun will literally set on what's left of the British Empire
#80As an outsider I consider Canada and Australia - British Empire. Hard to think otherwise as they have the same king.
To be satisfyingly pedantic, my King isn’t the same King. Mine is the King of Canada. It just happens to be the same person as the King of England and the King of Australia ;)
If it walks like King Charles, and quacks like King Charles, then it must be...