brendonmilligan
brendonmilligan t1_is2x7yq wrote
Reply to comment by grammarpolice__ in US anti-abortion campaigner quotes Bravehart in bizarre Scotland rant by jdbsplashum
Cool, except they aren’t by the very definition of country.
Is California a country? They also have a “devolved” government, including their own judicial system, this also expands to include every other US state, it also includes Germany who also have devolved governments, it also includes Italy and it includes Netherlands who like the U.K. also have “constituent countries”.
brendonmilligan t1_is2wfwy wrote
Reply to comment by grammarpolice__ in US anti-abortion campaigner quotes Bravehart in bizarre Scotland rant by jdbsplashum
Cool, what country has a government that isn’t sovereign?
brendonmilligan t1_is2nsl3 wrote
Reply to comment by Doodle_Brush in US anti-abortion campaigner quotes Bravehart in bizarre Scotland rant by jdbsplashum
No. It’s a country made up of four separate “countries”.
Sincerely a Briton.
A country isn’t a country if it’s government isn’t sovereign. The Scottish government and others are not sovereign as the U.K. government is above them hence why the U.K. is a country and Scotland, England, wales and Northern Ireland arent.
brendonmilligan t1_iuag1h8 wrote
Reply to comment by Dantheking94 in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
Just because China is playing nice currently, doesn’t mean they’ll not expect a return on investment.
European traders were relatively peaceful when they started trading with African nations. That didn’t exactly last long