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[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Asking as a Brit, is this our fault too? I don't want to be "it's all about me" but have a hunch it is!

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

My guess is we've drawn an arbitrary straight line while occupying a foreign country and it's not sustainable as a land border

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your ancestors amputated your largest colony with a fake partition which has been dissolving bit by bit through the decades, and painfully.

No. Not your fault. Go enjoy your cake.

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Please don't put in such a rude joke.

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lowkey/partially ... Yes? Partition was mainly driven by British policies and then championed by Jinnah. If not for partition, there would probably just have been a lot of internal conflict in inner large South Asian country.

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That l agree....