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Queen Elizabeth II has died

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2827 points xd | 7 comments | 08 Sep 22 17:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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saberience ◴[08 Sep 22 17:52 UTC] No.32769157[source]▶
It's weird, I've never considered myself a "royalist" but this news has affected me quite strongly. I just burst into tears unexpectedly on hearing this news and I don't quite understand why I feel so very sad. I guess I have grown up and lived my whole life (as a Brit) seeing and hearing the Queen, singing "God save the Queen" etc, and this news made me suddenly feel very old, very nostalgic, with the sense that all things pass in time, which makes my heart ache deeply.
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orobinson ◴[08 Sep 22 18:22 UTC] No.32769695[source]▶
I feel the same. I think it’s because it really represents the end of an era. The 20th and early 21st century ushered in unprecedented improvements to quality of life in Britain but it has felt of late that that has peaked and the country is facing a serious decline: Brexit, the increasingly visible effects of climate change, the aftermath of covid, the possible break up of the union, rising costs of living, recession, possibly even war. The death of Elizabeth II coincides with the end of a long period of stability and comfort and is not only a poignant point in history itself but a marker for a transitional point in history for our country.
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blibble ◴[08 Sep 22 18:36 UTC] No.32769976[source]▶
during her lifetime the British Empire went from its zenith to its end

leaving a trade bloc (Brexit) is hardly notable by comparison

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1. scott_w ◴[08 Sep 22 18:40 UTC] No.32770063[source]▶
It is when you see Brexit as part of that end.
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2. blibble ◴[08 Sep 22 18:42 UTC] No.32770090[source]▶
the Empire ended in 1997 with the handover of Hong Kong

before the EU existed

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3. ploika ◴[08 Sep 22 18:49 UTC] No.32770207[source]▶
The EEC became the EU in 1993.
4. 4ad ◴[08 Sep 22 18:52 UTC] No.32770257[source]▶
The EU was founded in 1993, and traces its roots back to EEC (1957) and ECSC (1951).
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5. blibble ◴[08 Sep 22 18:57 UTC] No.32770330{3}[source]▶
it is quite clear in the Maastrict treaty that the EU was a newly established entity that absorbed the obligations and responsibilities of the former entities

(in the same way the United States absorbed the obligations and responsibilities of Great Britain in the 13 colonies)

(regardless, I got my dates wrong, I was thinking of Nice...)

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6. zxexz ◴[08 Sep 22 18:58 UTC] No.32770346[source]▶
Do you mean the eurozone? The EU as we know it today came into existence (Maastricht treaty). The eurozone was 1999.
7. yuppie_scum ◴[09 Sep 22 00:02 UTC] No.32773701{4}[source]▶
Buddy take the L on that comment