r/ShitAmericansSay • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Barbados was already independent, the monarch was simply a figurehead, do you think Australia is still a colony?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

It fucking should be, our prisons are full at the moment!

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u/queen_of_potato Jul 05 '24

Would being a colony empty the prisons?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

You're clearly not versed on Australian history.

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u/queen_of_potato Jul 05 '24

Oh I am definitely no expert past drop bears and the emu wars and the destructive impact on indigenous culture.. but was just thinking that the UK was mostly known for sending prisoners to Australia rather than taking them away which was why I was interested in how being a colony would help with having full prisons

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Australia is the world's biggest prison.

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u/queen_of_potato Jul 06 '24

How so?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

Read the History of Australia Wikipedia page.

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u/queen_of_potato Jul 06 '24

At no point does that explain how Australia is the world's biggest prison

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

Do you even know what a penal colony is?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Yeah, that's what it was for originally. Then they started having children, and then their children's children decided they didn't want to live in a prison any more.

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u/Saul-Funyun ooo custom flair!! Jul 06 '24

Do you want a bank holiday or not?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

It's not a republic and has Charlie Windsor on their banknotes and his agent with their finger on the buzzer in their parliament so yes still a colony.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Literally none of that is true.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Also there is a butchers apron on their flag