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Re:Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries by blibble on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @11:17AM (#46693584)
> The US is more stable than the powers of Europe (which have constant political upheavals, snap elections that completely remake the political landscape, etc). You're confusing Trump's mouth with how the US political system actually functions.

this is satire right?

the UK's system is close to 1000 years old

I doubt the current US system will last another decade

> with hundreds of global military bases

all of which will evaporate the moment it does anything to Greenland

Re:Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries by adventured on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @11:35AM (#46693905)
The UK's current system is realistically about the same age as the US, their first PM was in the 18th century. Unless you're claiming the King/Queen is still in control of everything. You can't have that premise both ways.
Re:Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries by blibble on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @11:42AM (#46694016)
> The UK's current system is realistically about the same age as the US

no, it's evolved continuously from 1066

by the time of the US rebellion, the king was already neutered

> their first PM was in the 18th century.

the title of "Prime Minister" is a modern invention (and not a formal position)

there has been a Lord High Treasurer since the 1100s

a constitutionally limited monarchy is older than the US

meanwhile the modern US seems to be a absolute monarchy that isn't constitutionally limited