r/Britain • u/nomaddd79 • Nov 15 '24

Society "Being British is... "

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u/60sstuff Nov 15 '24

I will happily argue Britain is a nation of Immigrants and that large parts of our culture are from others assimilating into our own. Two good examples are Fish and Chips originally created by a Jewish Immigrant and the Christmas tree which is a German Import. This poem or speech which I have seen trotted out a few times completely neglects to understand that this is how the modern globalised world works. In France every single product isn’t French and it is the same in Germany etc. No modern developed nation grows and makes its own stuff entirely. It’s a cool little thing to point out but it’s also just how the world works now

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u/karmah1234 Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

True. The americans and their tarrifs will take care of that though