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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by foobarian on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:00PM (#14153155)
Serious question, what would be the analogous comparisons for "Great Britain" and "United Kingdom?"
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by aninhumer on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:14AM (#14154586)
I guess an analogous comparison would anything that forgets that Hawaii and/or Alaska exist when referring to the US.
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Re:Why 1866 Set the Stage for Two World Wars by rmckayfleming on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:29PM (#14153263)
Great Britain is the island. So an analogy would be North America and United States of America. Roughly of course.
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