• MouldyCat@feddit.uk
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    25 days ago

    You’ll also see the national flag flying happily in France and Spain. Not everywhere, but it doesn’t have any negative connotation. In Germany however the national flag does have dodgy overtones. It seems to be related to whether your country has anything less than pleasant in its recent history.

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      25 days ago

      It’s not like Scotland has a flawless track record! Part of the reason why we unified with England was that our experiment being colonialists was an expensive mistake. Managed to make some of that back being involved in the triangular trade route sugar industry.

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      24 days ago

      Same with the Swiss, which is funny since they profiteered off every European atrocity whilst coming out smelling like roses