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[–] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (3 children)

points to Great Britain

I learned it from you

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have never seen the phrase "the tail wags the dog" used more aptly as with with the US-UK power dynamic

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah totally - wait which is the tail in your mind?

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

They feared that unchecked, the Colonial tail might someday wag the imperial dog (as indeed it has).

The full quote from https://readsettlers.org/ch2.html

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

And doubled on it