r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 🫖 Mod ☕️ • Sep 14 '26

European Renaissance 🍾 🧀 🍻 🇬🇧The Future?

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u/AccomplishedAct5364 Sep 14 '26

Considering none of them have an economy larger than £200 billion it’ll be amazing to see how they handle being on par with… checks notes… Uzbekistan

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 Sep 14 '26

Republic of Ireland doing quite well this last century.

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u/AccomplishedAct5364 Sep 14 '26

Aye, being the vessel the American tech companies have used to seep their rot through Europe with low tax really has paid off nicely

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 Sep 14 '26

Yes because British imperialism has been so beneficent lmao, from one empire to another, but we're not suffering under this one.

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u/LongShow5279 Sep 14 '26

Bit sad how you need Britain to protect your skies and waters because you think being neutral means spending f all on your military... lol.

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u/AccomplishedAct5364 Sep 14 '26

Yeah, but still not prospering from your own successes. More like allowing others to profit through you.

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u/YouFnDruggo Sep 14 '26

Yeah it was just dumb luck and cheap corporations tax that brought all the American investment to Ireland. We as a people had no say in it, no politicians working for years through areas like foreign relations, investments in third level education. Maybe if your politicians worked at improving your country as opposed to ripping it apart we wouldn't be in this thread.