are there Americans that think you were better under the British empire? What’s their reasoning?

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1. Not really. There’s certainly some who think we would’ve been better off, but they’re not a particularly common group of people.

2. I know not a one. Most all know that monarchs can get fucked.

3. LOL no

4. Can’t say I’ve ever met one. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist but…

5. My dumb ass coworker because he has this fantasy view of the royals.

6. Maybe, but flat earthers are more common

7. Well there’s 331 million of us, and it would be silly of me to assume I know how every one of us feels about this issue.

   But I can say with relative confidence that most Americans probably aren’t dumb enough to think we’d be better under the British empire, or that monarchies are some fantastic thing.

   Despite what clickbait news headlines will tell you, American independence has been a pretty damn good thing for both us and the world.

8. Get ready for undercover Canadians to pretend to be Americans and wax poetic about the monarchy

9. Oh, there are a few monarchists around. Very few. I bet some subset of them think we never should have left the UK.

   I’ve never run into one in real life though and even on reddit they mostly inhabit their own tiny bubble. I bet there are more people who seriously believe in Pastafarianism.

10. Yes they’re called Canadians now.

11. I mean, maybe some like that exist today but, that was centuries ago. Really hard to tell how things could have gone if we stayed

12. There were, 250 years ago.

13. Not seriously.

    Main issue was how centralized power was under their system, leading to concerns being ignored until too late. Somewhat related was our economy being setup primarily as a resource feeder and finished goods consumer.

    Was not a stable situation.

14. Who was ever better under British rule? Even the British took it in shorts

15. If this is a viewpoint that exists it’s so marginal that I’ve never encountered it

16. I’m a direct descendant of someone who fought for the Americans in the revolutionary war and I’m extremely proud of this. I’ve literally never met an American who wishes we never left the UK but they are probably out there. No disrespect to the UK, though. Lovely country and people and Americans generally have positive attitudes towards it. 🙂

17. >If that’s so what is their reasoning?

    Mainly that the Civil War wouldn’t have happened. The slaves would have been freed peacefully in 1833.

    I had a Canadian claim that we would have done a better job honoring Native American treaties.

18. 330 million Americans. There is probably someone that crazy.

    There reasoning? No understanding insanity.

19. That’s so long ago no one gives it a second thought. We have no idea what it was or would be like. We have our own identity.

20. It’s possible people like that exist. But there’s no organized group of them or anything like that. Not even on the internet.

21. No. If there are we should call them Americants

22. Are there any Brits who think it would have better if you stayed under Roman rule?

23. I know no traitors personally, no.

24. Nope.

    Beans for breakfast is horrible.

    Coffee is better than tea.

    Bourbon > scotch

    And Republic is better than living under the British monarchy.

    No taxation without representation! Death to mad king George!

    /s

25. I’m sure there are somewhere, but I’ve never met or heard of one.

26. Monarchy is cringe

27. Considering that only 14 of the current 50 states used to be British colonies and those states are fairly patriotic then I’d say probably a diminishingly few people currently feel that way.

28. Imagine outing yourself as a treasonous bastard

29. No there are no 300 year old hold out americams

30. That’s like asking British people if they were better under the Romans.