• @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    21 month ago

    Once self-sufficient settlements are a thing, that’ll be an even bigger question.

    That happened in a British colony once, the mutiny got totally out of hand.

    Actually, that may have happened a bunch of times with British colonies…

    • @theneverfox
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      21 month ago

      You could look at it another way… Britain kept its investments. The colonies all use English common law, they pay their debts, and they stopped dumping tea into the harbor