Britain was already very industrialized before the steam engine. Portugal had colonies before Britain and was importing textiles and other utensils from the British industry already in the XVI century and even before that. Portugal and Spain totally missed the industrial revolution btw. So I don’t think those issues are that directly connected. In Portugal historians often argued that we missed the industrialization precisely because of the focus on maritime trade and colonies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuen_Treaty

This Russian app exiled in Dubai deserves as much boycotting as Meta or Amazon.

Electricity is such a gay concept. Why would any conservative care for thar?

People know… If this news was from somewhere in Europe everyone would be blaming the Brits in the comments. It’s known…

Lol Luxembourg city population is 70% foreigner.

On which front lines are there currently Dutch military?

Colonies filled some pockets but for the states, most of the time they were a money drain. Especially when effective colonization (as in taking control of vast territories and “civilize” the people) took place. The real profitable moments were mostly due to trade/piracy, and not territorial control, which is very expensive.

That’s really not true and you should know it. Portugal and Spain are two of the main colonial powers in European history and they were both shit poor in the 70’s. Portugal more than Spain PRECISELY because it still had colonies, that were costing it blood and money for centuries by then.

I’m not victimizing Portugal, just reminding you, and anyone else who might need to learn this, that colonization was profitable only for short periods into few pockets. Portugal had 3rd world child mortality and alphabetization rates right before joining the EU. Joining an open trade area was the secret to change that.

Also, another important reminder, most EU member states never had colonies.

“You know, I played hockey through high school,” Kenworthy said. “I can skate, and I know how to handle a stick.”

Oh wow, he would do great on season 2

Yes it does, troll.

China is the one keeping Russia afloat while destroying Ukraine. Go sway stupid troll, the Fediverse is not for your kind. Blocked.

On the same theme, this is what the EDP posted on their socials 🤣🤣

Welcome to the good side.

So… It’s not the same spelling right? Then it’s easier to come up with a different pronunciation as well. I would say “uero” as an anagram for euro.

The real trolls are the ones who think Eurovision is a priority for Gaza.

Lots of grounds to at least suspend Hungary’s membership of the Union. This should not be permitted in the EU period.

If it was only the internet… US content dominates TVs, cinemas, newspapers and bookshops all over Europe. And in big part that domination is made so easy because we all invest millions of euros to teach our populations how to speak English. L

Growing number of submissive traitors.

It’s not just PR, it’s also plain stupid to “fight Israel” on a song contest. Last year Israel almost won thanks to that fight. And like I explained before, it’s a fantastic distraction from the real issues in Gaza. If this “fight” goes on the only thing that might happen is the end of Eurovision, not of the problems in Gaza. So there’s that.

How is Hungary still a EU member? Extraditions in the EU are almost automatic, this requires trust in each others justice and prison systems. If there is no trust, then there can’t be extraditions of national citizens to other states. This system is quite extraordinary and remarkable (extraditions between states in some federal states are more complicated), but only works on bases of trust and compatible systems with not too different laws and practices.