In 4th century AD a lot of Goths begged Romans to take them in as refugees to escape the Huns. The emperor agreed to let them in, give them food and land.
But Goths swarmed in such large numbers that Rome lost control of the situation. These Goths then rebelled, formed their own army within Rome and killed Emperor Valens who let them in the first place.
After few decades in 410 AD these same "refugees" sacked Rome. The last time Rome was sacked was in 390 BC, almost a millenium ago.
I think there is a lesson here for Europe.
This will sound incomprehensible to many people, but this could have been Britain.
We could easily have become leaders in AI and space if we wished to.
Instead we built an international welfare state.
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Raul Jimenez #9 of Mexico attempts an overhead kick against Dan Burn #15 of England during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between Mexico and England (2026)
Unless they intend to enforcing cooling on kitchens, factory lines and the outside, this will simply turn into the ‘public sector workers go home at 30c’ law.
🇬🇭“I am the most powerful spiritualist in the world. I am now going to release Harry Kane so that he can score in England’s next match.”
— Nana Kwaku Bonsam said as he claimed to have spiritually tied England captain Harry Kane before now “releasing” him.
I’m a miserable twat so I find this stuff extremely juvenile, but I’ll concede I’m very jealous of the fact our Norwegian cousins can celebrate raping and pillaging Britain and Ireland but we’ve got to apologize for stopping Indians from setting their wives on fire. 😂