This. Not so hidden forces make people of the world fight each other. In America its a two party system. In Ireland, it's that IRA protestant vs catholic.
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It was a mixed bag but we certainly benefited from it. I think one of the more ignorant jibes thrown at the Empire was that we were just conquering primitive people but we were also fighting other European countries for these lands at the same time.

Are you complete against the British Empire? You don't think it did any good by bringing democracy to countries like India?
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Well the Irish government probably wouldn’t have treated the Irish as **** and let so many die but I guess that counts for nothing.

I had heard that. They call it the Celtic Tiger in comparison to the successful Asian Tigers like Singapore and Taiwan.
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Ireland is a far different place to what it was even 60 years ago. It's been a pretty modern country with a highly, highly literate population that, coupled with lots of corporate tax breaks so that high-tech and branch-plants would move there, made its economy roar for quite a long time.
Also you should realize that Ireland did quite well from the EU.

No, I've never been there. I'm talking historically over the centuries. Ireland was always considered one of the poor men of Europe. Of course now, anywhere in Europe is superior to anywhere else.
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You have clearly never been to Ireland.

Nah, I was just pointing out the difference between a successful country like the U.K. and a backwards one like Ireland.
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I just thought that you appeared to be blaming the Irish government for the mishandling of the famine. I support my country but we sure ****ed up a lot along the way.

Okay. I see a parallel between your attitude towards the U.K. and the attitude of American liberals towards the U.S. Sure, we need to expose the injustices of our own countries. But it can become egregious and stifling.
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Yeah, we looked after that country so well only one million people died during the famine. It’s one of the reasons why thousands decided to go live in the US (a country that also didn’t appreciate the way we governed them).

Jeezus christ. Do you also deny that the British Empire was one of the greatest 'nations' ever? It brought parliamentary government to the world. Without the British you'd probably still have some autocratic Raj ruling India. It ended up being about bringing democratic government and technology to the world.
If Britain made the Irish famine worse, very well. Still, compare the two nations. Ireland buckled under to a goddamn potato blight.
Ulster is better off staying in the U.K.
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Ireland was still under British rule during the famine and our government made matters worse for them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)

Thanks, Margo.
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I've changed my opinion drastically on Ireland. I was into the leftist bullshit of supporting every downtrodden victim of imperialism. I now realize it's in the world's best interest to support a strong United Kingdom.
But it would be interesting to see how Ireland would screw up Ulster even further. They would also have revitalized Unionist terrorists to deal with. Does Dublin want that? I think it's best for all to leave the status quo.
London is a much better master than Dublin. London ruled the world. Dublin keeled over at the first sign of a potato blight.
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Neither. Irish people need to stop hating each other. A united Ireland would welcome both Republicans and Loyalists.

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Sectarian POS!

Go **** yourself fenian bastard!

Braindead again? Answer the ****ing question. I hAVE NO TIME NONSENSE.
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Drunk again?