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r/HistoryMemes • u/AlKhwarazmi Descendant of Genghis Khan • 5d ago
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As limited as suffrage was in 1800s Britain... wasn't it still better than most of the world?
29 u/Medeza123 5d ago Yeah it was better actually in terms of rights but still a pretty oppressive system in some ways to its own people. The British empire is what happens when you actually have industry before everyone else A great navy you’ve been developing for ages And a functioning oligarchy that isn’t blowing itself apart in civil conflict. 17 u/Lucina18 Researching [REDACTED] square 5d ago And a functioning oligarchy that isn’t blowing itself apart in civil conflict. A oligarchy that got pressured to reform by moderates before civil conflict could come about, atleast. It wasn't their own competence. 1 u/Blastaz 3d ago Who do you think the “moderates” were?
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Yeah it was better actually in terms of rights but still a pretty oppressive system in some ways to its own people.
The British empire is what happens when you actually have industry before everyone else
A great navy you’ve been developing for ages
And a functioning oligarchy that isn’t blowing itself apart in civil conflict.
17 u/Lucina18 Researching [REDACTED] square 5d ago And a functioning oligarchy that isn’t blowing itself apart in civil conflict. A oligarchy that got pressured to reform by moderates before civil conflict could come about, atleast. It wasn't their own competence. 1 u/Blastaz 3d ago Who do you think the “moderates” were?
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A oligarchy that got pressured to reform by moderates before civil conflict could come about, atleast. It wasn't their own competence.
1 u/Blastaz 3d ago Who do you think the “moderates” were?
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u/morzikei 5d ago
As limited as suffrage was in 1800s Britain... wasn't it still better than most of the world?