Adam Smith : "L'Empire Britannique ? Une illusion"

"The rulers of Great Britain have, for more than a century past, amused the people with the imagination that they possessed a great empire on the west side of the Atlantic. This empire, however, has hitherto existed in imagination only. It has hitherto been, not an empire, but the project of an empire; not a gold mine, but the project of a gold mine; a project which has cost, which continues to cost, and which, if pursued in the same way as it has been hitherto, is likely to cost, immense expense, without being likely to bring any profit; for the effects of the monopoly of the colony trade, it has been shown, are, to the great body of the people, mere loss instead of profit. It is surely now time that our rulers should either realize this golden dream, in which they have been indulging themselves, perhaps, as well as the people, or that they should awake from it themselves, and endeavour to awaken the people. If the project cannot be completed, it ought to be given up. If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace, and endeavour to accommodate her future views and designs to the real mediocrity of her circumstances."

La Grande Bretagne en 100 après cette claque monumentale du S  https://image.noelshack.com[...]20/2/1526420833-tmk42.png

Texte publié en mai 1776  https://image.noelshack.com[...]20/2/1526420833-tmk42.png

Juillet 1776 ent  https://image.noelshack.com[...]20/2/1526420833-tmk42.png

Ceux qui y on cru

XVIIᵉ à la fin du XXᵉ siècle

guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis (1776-1783).

Il faut voir les périodes, là, il y a eu une perte de territoire, la suite est meilleure :

À la suite de la défaite de la France de Napoléon en 1814-1815, la Grande-Bretagne devient la première puissance mondiale.

Heureusement qu'ils n'ont pas su gérer les colonies Américaines. Putain, vous imaginez une Amérique britannique. Le cauchemar  https://image.noelshack.com[...]2/1496496929-tomokkoo.png

Il y a une gestion allemande, irlandaise, anglaise et juive des states.

? Oui  https://image.noelshack.com[...]606111635-tomokochill.png