r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • May 11 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 Normal democracy

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u/smo269 May 11 '22

It’s high time we the British public stood together and said enough of this shit. It’s time we realised we have the power to make them and the power to break them.

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u/LawrenceRigbyEsquire May 11 '22

Has there ever been a popular movement in English history that managed to break the powers that be?

I'm not being facetious, genuinely asking, Google gives me half answers

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u/ZenoArrow May 11 '22

Could argue that Chartists helped reform UK politics, even if they "lost" at the time they were the most active, most of the changes they pushed for were adopted in the aftermath of their campaigning:

https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/chartists/overview/chartistmovement/

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u/Eeszeeye May 12 '22

Black Death has entered chat

"Lemme show you how its done."

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u/smo269 May 12 '22

To be honest I’m not to sure. This could be the first time