Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIs America a well oiled machine or is it a series of mouse traps and no one really understands why it's still around?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareIs America a well oiled machine or is it a series of mouse traps and no one really understands why it's still around?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoEngland is England. They have laws going back until before any of that. There’s continuity all the way. Joining a union does not mean your country stops existing.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 hours agoIt does in the sense that it stops being a country and becomes a part of a country. There’s no country called England today.
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours ago England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. According to Wikipedia, anyway. I’m not sure what you think England is.
England is England. They have laws going back until before any of that. There’s continuity all the way. Joining a union does not mean your country stops existing.
It does in the sense that it stops being a country and becomes a part of a country. There’s no country called England today.
According to Wikipedia, anyway. I’m not sure what you think England is.