I got news for you my good man your country sucked in the good old days too or the rest of the world would not have been so happy to kick ye out.
By all means be proud of individual achievements like the the steam engine etc etc but I am afraid you cant separate the racist element from much of Britains achievements as an empire.
By the way I laugh at your assertion that english people are not patriotic and don't wave there flag they do
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