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His false ideas have led to great human suffering.

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The Rise & Fall of the British Empire

Once a proud empire, ruling the seas of the world.

Now a mere vassal relegated to obeying a contemporary superpower in order to maintain a semblance of relevance.

🇬🇧Great Britain, like every empire before it, rose and fell with the Cycle of Empires.

I wrote about Glubb’s “The Fate of Empires” before and how #Bitcoin can help preserve and make them more benevolent.

See Bitcoin & The Fate of Civilisations for a deeper explanation of each phase and the benefits #Bitcoin offers at each phase.

In summary, civilisations and empires go through 6 phases:

- The Age of Pioneers

- The Age of Conquest

- The Age of Commerce

- The Age of Affluence

- The Age of Intellect

- The Age of Decadence and Decline

Now let’s have a look at the British empire and see how it went through this cycle of rise and fall.

1. The Age of Pioneers

Great Britain started its Age of Pioneers in the 16th century under Elizabeth I. This is when it began to establish its first colonies in North America and the Caribbean.

It emerged as a naval power and produced explorers like Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake.

2. The Age of Conquest

It was at this stage that Britain expanded its influence into the Americas, Africa, and Asia through a series of wars. It also won the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) against great power competitor France.

Britain had a strong navy, a well-trained army, and arguably the world’s best bureaucratic and judicial system (English common law is still widely in use today)

3. The Age of Commerce

The British empire went through the Industrial Revolution (18th and 19th century) during this stage. It became the global hub for trade and manufacturing, and the territories it gained during the previous Age of Conquest provided raw materials.

This age was characterised by significant technological (e.g. steam power) and economic progress (e.g. textile and iron industries) in the British empire.

4. The Age of Affluence

The British went through their Victorian era (mid to late 19th century) at this stage. They were at the height of imperial power, becoming the world’s leading military and economic superpower.

Victorian Britain enjoyed unparalleled wealth and global influence, symbolised by grandiose architecture, extensive rail networks, and a rich literary and artistic heritage.

5. The Age of Intellect

The British empire saw significant advancements in science (Darwin, Maxwell), literature (Dickens, Hardy), and social thought (Mill, Bentham) during this age.

However, this period also saw an increase in critiques of imperialism, and a rise in nationalist movements in the colonies.

6. The Age of Decadence and Decline

The British empire was severely weakened by overspending in WW1 and WW2 (encouraged by the Americans who saw a chance to take control of the Atlantic).

Britain lost most of its empire in the two decades after WW2. It lost many of its traditional industries and saw a rapid growth of the welfare state as well as immigration from its former colonies.

Of course, Britain also started debasing its currency during the two wars. Something it never recovered from…

Darwin wasn't a positive influence.

I will humbly asset that nowhere does anyone convert money for free... They always charge somewhere or have some motive. The old saying us that if a produyis free, then you are the product. It is better to have an open clear fee with an honest transaction.

Many of us are used to 'free' banking but it was only free because they want our deposits so they could loan out ten times the money and sell us credit cards and loans.

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New Yorkers what the fuck is wrong with y'all? Mcdonald's McChicken went from $1.08 to $3.50, Soda went from 99c to $2.99 a bottle, Large Eggs $12.99 A gallon of milk for $4.75, & yall ain't doing nothing about it. None of your portions are getting bigger their getting smaller why does nobody give a shit? Your making videos on yt like it's a joke I really didn't expect the citicens to be such pussies.

You do black lives riots, gay pride tantrums, fight for defunded cops, but marijuana tax & food gouging priced yall don't give a fuck. You know the tax on marijuana is 375% higher then what the revolutionaries fought over the boston tea party for? Food prices are rising everyone should be fucking rioting!

Do you go to the store & notice select flavors are cheaper while popular ones are $3.00 more? Look at your arizona's you idiots. It's fucking sad because the majority of citizens are either too drunk, oxied, smoked, doped, or coked up to fucking realize hey yall need to gather together.

The only way you can stop a major brand that thinks there too big to fail is to riot them off the shelves. Imagine the riots & everyone stole & wasted coke a cola. You know how fast soda would drop back to 99c hell maybe even 89. What you don't understand is your soda brands open up more manufacturing plants & cost rises w demand well fuck it their too big who wants to pay $13.00 for 4 bottles of soda?

Can the New Yorkers wake the fuck up seriously? It only takes a major protesting riot at some stop & shops & shoprites to fix the problem. People are just too miserable to do anything all they wans do is go home & drug out till they pass out. Yall should have some common sense to realize the first great depression wasn't even this bad.

Riot to reset the balance just hit every supermarket.

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What should they do? Buy a cow?

Kind of, if he has a brain he must be scared to death. Any day the Western World could collapse and he'd be blamed.