Ireland

  • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    All them little Mediterranean islands probably done some evil stuff, but I sure couldn't tell you what.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      half of them are tax havens populated entirely by secret pedophile groups with low tier noble titles like "oh yes we're the holy knights of saint blackberry cobbler"

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        not many people know this, but Malta got its name from the Knights Templar's practice of luring young children with malted milkshakes

      • Gosplan14 [any]
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        3 years ago

        It's not 1444 anymore, Knight Orders matter fuck all in places like Malta or Cyprus.

        Malta actually had a surprisingly anti-imperialist demsoc government led by Dom Mintoff's Labour Party, being friendly to anti-colonial movements, having better relations with Romania, China or the DPRK than the west, illegally nationalizing companies by force

        The economy then "stagnated" in the final years of his government (note: his successor Misfud Bonicci continued his policies, for example confiscating church property without any compensation, and the economy returned to growing faster than the western european average)

        The party went socdem/lib in the 90s and beyond, as can be expected unfortunately.