2026-01-31 14:26 UTC
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@R1Rail@pouet.chapril.org 2026-01-31 14:32
@rogerb@mastodon.scot @angusm@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop or American Samoas (less vote rights in samos than in Puierto Rico IIRC)
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@anotherdaniel@chaos.social 2026-01-31 14:35
@rogerb@mastodon.scot @angusm@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop That’s not too far from current reality anyways, is it?
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@angusm@mastodon.social 2026-01-31 14:44
@rogerb@mastodon.scot @cstross@wandering.shop "Take back control! (and give it to a few of our rich mates on the other side of the Atlantic)”
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@fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net 2026-01-31 14:52
@rogerb@mastodon.scot @angusm@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop it's almost as if the British Empire they yearn so nostalgically for couldn't be made to work without the 50 trillion pounds it extracted from India over 200 years.
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@jguillaumes@mastodont.cat 2026-01-31 15:58
@rogerb@mastodon.scot @angusm@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop I remember that situation being part of a novel setup. Can’t remember the title, I think it was a late A.C. Clarke work. The UK governor used the title of ‘prime minister’ though.