They say "Braveheat" is "British bashing" but being Spanish I think it is only telling the truth

Question

My question is (as I am sure there are many people wondering "Teach get on with the question!" does anybody else think that the Brits and the Yanks are still Empire Building (to be fair the Yanks more than the Brits) ?

I obviously meant "Braveheart" and if you focus on that you are obviously from Newcastle Upon Tyne.

I obviously meant "Braveheart" and if you focus on that you are obviously from Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Scos Rule !

I love Scots.

Lose the English and the Yanks.

My ex is Scottish. What a nation.What a passion. What a sense of pride.
May they forever be amongst us.

Scots Rule.

Answer 1

Did you ever hear of South America? The Philippines? Whose ex-colonies are the most successful? Spanish? British?

As for Braveheart, I would not doubt that the movie held some facts. It is also true that some Scots leaders at the time were little better than glorified cattle thieves. Much of my ancestry is Scots.

Answer 2

The "Yanks" are not empire-building.

The Anglo overclass is in the process of executing a long-term plan to seize the world's remaining deposits of cheaply-available oil. They are doing this both for reasons of profit and power. The power comes from the fact that strategic power in the modern world requires war machines (tanks, jets, warships, etc) which run ultimately on oil. The profit factor arises out of the simple fact that as oil gets ever more scarce in the years to come, it will become correspondingly more valuable and thus more profitable for those who control it.

Ordinary "Yanks" and "Brits" have for the most part, no idea of the utterly evil nature of their ruling class and it's plans. The masses in the Anglo countries have been conned into supporting their leader's warplans through a campaign of phony terrorist attacks. The Anglo masses can thus be rightly accused of being far too naive but they are not deliberately attempting to conquer anyone else's countries.

Regarding Braveheart, while I loved the movie too, there is serious reason to doubt it's historical authenticity. Serious students of Scottish history do not believe William Wallace was actually in command of the army that won the Battle of Stirling. They think the real commander (the Earl of Mar?) was killed in the battle and Wallace, his second-in-command, stepped forward afterward to take the credit. Their basis for this opinion lies in the fact that Wallace's performance several years later at the Battle of Falkirk, when he clearly was in command, was so utterly inept that it raises the most serious doubt that the same man could have commanded both battles.

Sorry, I don't have an immediately available source for this opinion (about Wallace that is) but if you're interested, look around. It's out there....

Nimadan

Answer 3

I do love the Border Ballads. And the Scottish ones. AND the British ones. Haven't seen "Braveheart," and I'm not expert in the history of its period, but I suspect it's no more biased than the ballads are, or than any of Gibson's other movies. (And if THAT's not a sting in the tail ...)

As for empire building, it's inevitable when you're as economically and, to some extent, culturally dominant as the English-speaking peoples currently are. The real question is: Are we doing it consciously and responsibly, or accidentally and/or irresponsibly?