Sarah Taber on Nostr: Now if "We can get the British Empire to fight our wars for us... by starting a trade ...
Now if "We can get the British Empire to fight our wars for us... by starting a trade war with them!" sounds stupid as hell, that's because it is.
What can I say. Growing up on plantations surrounded by people they could beat & threaten without consequences? It didn't build good negotiating skills.
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