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[–] redline@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

absurd given how much the australians are paying

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 40 points 6 months ago

the joys of being a vassal of the empire

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago

There will always be a leash for the running dogs of the American empire

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 30 points 6 months ago

Australia is a US colony with kangaroos

[–] ProfessorAdonisCnut@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

Sure we might be a total irrelevance globally, but at least we get to be a microcosm for the subsumption of the British Empire into the American one

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"Computer, abort the launch sequence!"

brandon Sorry mack, afraid I can't do that

Joe9000 strikes again

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

bit idea: name the submarines after Gough Whitlam and Harold Holt

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I feel like America would just think "Aww, that's sweet - they named their submarines after former Prime Ministers" if they had any awareness of Australia (they don't).

I vote for naming them after Benedict Arnold and Julius & Ethel Rosenberg or something. I'd want it to make the designations sting every time an American has to say their names.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

That's fine, the US hasn't guaranteed Australia complete control of Australian politics for the past half a century anyway.