FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoCan we talk about how lowland scots were just as much responsible for the british empire as England was?message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareCan we talk about how lowland scots were just as much responsible for the british empire as England was?FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredaisy@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIf Scotland is so undefeatable by foreign empires, as the song Scotland the Brave claims, why is that song written in the language of one of those foreign empires?
minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s complicated, but they didn’t join the union because they were defeated in battle.
If Scotland is so undefeatable by foreign empires, as the song Scotland the Brave claims, why is that song written in the language of one of those foreign empires?
It’s complicated, but they didn’t join the union because they were defeated in battle.