Brit here. It’s great to be part of a country that brings so much joy to so many people.
American here, proud to see we started a trend. (And that’s pretty much the only thing to be proud of as an American)
Technically the british parted from their own government first…
Pro tip: there’s no need to wait for a holiday to celebrate your independence from Britain. I’m going to celebrate it right now.
How many people celebrate Christmas, comparatively?
So, I was going to do that math but it’s 65 fucking countries and I’m bored but I ain’t got that much battery left on my phone.
At one time Britain ruled over 1 out of every 5 people on the planet. If we carry that forward to today it’s roughly 1.6 billion people. Let’s call that the lower bound.
If we take the average population of any given country, which is fair given that China wasn’t but India was one of them, and divide that by the number of countries and then multiply it by the number Britain used to rule, we get 2.6 billion.
Let’s call that the upper bound.
There are roughly 2.6 billion christians worldwide. But not all of them celebrate Christmas. In the US, 85%-95% do. Let’s just use that for the upper bound and say 2.2 to 2.5 billion people celebrate Christmas worldwide. Let’s say 50% is the lower bound, at 1.3 billion people.
Which means that it’s possible, and not even unlikely that more people celebrate independence from Britain than celebrate Christmas.
What about all the non christians that celebrate Xmas…
… Rounding error. That number is gonna be pretty small, and mostly limited to majority Christian, Western countries.
Don’t call me a rounding error!!!
I have and will continue. Don’t worry I’m also a rounding error. Honestly rounding error could sum up my entire generation
America out there doing it before it was cool.
Then bankrupting the Empire by selling it guns to defend the Empire
It still amazes me that a country as tiny as the UK was this ambitious and powerful to expand like that. Like if any of those other countries banded together and were like Yeah, No, it’s not on mate. Their numbers would eclipse the UK. maybe somebody with mechanics of colonization can explain how the UK was “succesful” at this venture
Googled. Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan post a brutal holocaust and not from Britain.
Wow they really have some geniuses over at lemmy.world, you should probably check with Bangladeshis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom says the current count is 65 countries, but cites https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-countries-to-have-gained-independence-from-the-same-country which says 66 (4 + 62).
France and Spain are in second and third place with 28 and 17, respectively.
Hopefully the map of complete removal of NATO military bases will grow
