Fuffy 1,049 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Economy said: I think those factors pail in comparison to the fact that India is a heavily populated Country with a solid growth rate as it industrializes The UK could of been doing everything correctly and this would inevitably still happen. Maybe just a year later than now that's all Oh I agree, you're 100% right, India becoming a larger economy is simply inevitable. I'm really curious to see how it evolves since it's in a very unique geopolitical position right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat 18,962 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 42 minutes ago, Sugar Baby said: Yet queen Elizabeth is still the queen of India Only if you had paid attention in school Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyerased 2,889 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 The raj strikes back! India is bound to grow bigger, and UK is just being messy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Day 5,766 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Economy said: I mean the UK from what I'm seeing is going to sh*t also along with half the world but all I'm saying is, if it didn't either way it wouldn't have changed this outcome @Miss Dolly The UK is certainly on a downwards spiral and only going to get worse. Together You And I! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GipJo 2,912 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Speaking of, what's the point of a queen and royal family? Why does UK choose this system, it's not like they have any meaning to how the society works? Why does UK pay great money to support an already useless system? Back in the day I can imagine keeping them for emotional and cultural purpose, but young generations today surely don't have much attachment to them right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
palma 8,918 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 India taking over the UK feels so right No hate to the Brits it’s only that the Indian subcontinent had a bigger GDP than whole Europe combined once so… this feels justified from a historical POV Is there some reason my LG7 isn't here? Has she died or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuffy 1,049 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 50 minutes ago, GipJo said: Speaking of, what's the point of a queen and royal family? Why does UK choose this system, it's not like they have any meaning to how the society works? Why does UK pay great money to support an already useless system? Back in the day I can imagine keeping them for emotional and cultural purpose, but young generations today surely don't have much attachment to them right? Good question! So, the UK has a constitutional monarchy, which means that the government does all work but the monarch is technically the individual who signs off on it and has the power to stop the government (head of state). This seems useless, right? But in fact, it's more complex than that. Other countries have the same or similar system, including Denmark, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands and some of the Commonwealth countries. Constitutional monarchies get a bad rep because they're often seen as undemocratic, which is technically true. The public don't pick their leader, only their government. Republics like the US and France are more democratic because people elect their government and state leaders and give them full power. Despite being less democratic, the benefit of a constitutional monarchy is that they offer more stability of a constant leader. Some historians say they're better at keeping power balanced because a rising dictator will lawfully be inferior to the monarch. This is extremely unlikely but we have seen it happen abroad and Trump is one example where a leader just had too much power. I think countries like Australia, Canada and New Zealand will remove the monarch, this makes total sense in my opinion. But most young people in the UK still like the Queen and celebrated the Jubilee, even though they're more likely to be anti-monarchists than their parents. There's still a lot of history there and the cultural connection to the royal family is quite strong. I'll admit a chunk of it does stem from the empire but not in a knowingly malicious way. The bigger factor is that the Queen has always remained a stable figure in everyone's lives. Personally, I'd like the monarchy to continue for a little longer but evolve into an elected head of state who acts as a figurehead without being Prime Minister or the President. Sorry for the essay! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,171 Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Ivannn said: In the next year UK will Be out of top 10. BREXIT is really paying off!! No they won't My country Canada is in the top 10 as well and the UK is still like 50% larger economy than Canada It won't drop out of top 10 anytime within next decade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,171 Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Gogo Yubari said: Good question! So, the UK has a constitutional monarchy, which means that the government does all work but the monarch is technically the individual who signs off on it and has the power to stop the government (head of state). This seems useless, right? But in fact, it's more complex than that. Other countries have the same or similar system, including Denmark, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands and some of the Commonwealth countries. Constitutional monarchies get a bad rep because they're often seen as undemocratic, which is technically true. The public don't pick their leader, only their government. Republics like the US and France are more democratic because people elect their government and state leaders and give them full power. Despite being less democratic, the benefit of a constitutional monarchy is that they offer more stability of a constant leader. Some historians say they're better at keeping power balanced because a rising dictator will lawfully be inferior to the monarch. This is extremely unlikely but we have seen it happen abroad and Trump is one example where a leader just had too much power. I think countries like Australia, Canada and New Zealand will remove the monarch, this makes total sense in my opinion. But most young people in the UK still like the Queen and celebrated the Jubilee, even though they're more likely to be anti-monarchists than their parents. There's still a lot of history there and the cultural connection to the royal family is quite strong. I'll admit a chunk of it does stem from the empire but not in a knowingly malicious way. The bigger factor is that the Queen has always remained a stable figure in everyone's lives. Personally, I'd like the monarchy to continue for a little longer but evolve into an elected head of state who acts as a figurehead without being Prime Minister or the President. Sorry for the essay! I know in Canadas case (and I assume others as well) the monarch role is just a formality and a symbolism... The Queen of England even tho officially she is "the head of state" she doesn't actually have to sign our laws for anything as we have the Governor General do that in her behalf... And the Governor general is appointed by the Government who can remove/replace them if hypothetically she chose not to comply with what the government wants signed and they weren't happy with them anymore so it's not like they have any real relevant power. They just as a formality sign stuff As for the US being more democratic I guess that depends how u look at it. It's election system and culture is so corrupt and unfair and lobbist that in my opinion that makes it less democratic that any other country u listed because of of monarch component... Especially since nowadays the monarchs have next to no influence in politics anyways and are largely just a formality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Day 5,766 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Economy said: No they won't My country Canada is in the top 10 as well and the UK is still like 50% larger economy than Canada It won't drop out of top 10 anytime within next decade It certainly will when the UK no longer exists and I look forward to that day Together You And I! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuko 1,010 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Love this for us even though my bank account says otherwise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayesha Erotica 1,967 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 You blame UKs lower position on Brexit? This has nothing to do with Brexit. India already has overtaken France and Italy (and will overtake Germany in 10 years), it is a country of over a milliard people, so of course India is very likely and a first candidate to overtake UK with its mere 67 million inhabitants. India should have overtaken the UK much earlier. Your boyfriend comes over with a bit of gun oil Says he wants to step on new soil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Lovers 7,881 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 5:27 PM, PartySick said: So it's not that the UK is going to sh*t, it's that India is doing well for herself I don’t think that these two options are mutually exclusive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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