A brief statement on 'Wankery'

Our history is a Brit-wank.
English is the second or third most spoken native language in the world and without a doubt the international language.
British political ideals dominate the world, being seen as the way things are 'right'.
The bulk of two continents are full of British-derived nations.
Considering the British started off as a bunch of pirates gnawing at the scraps of the Roman Empire...yes. We're in a serious wank and one which it will be pretty hard to undo.
 
Our history is a Brit-wank.
English is the second or third most spoken native language in the world and without a doubt the international language.
British political ideals dominate the world, being seen as the way things are 'right'.
The bulk of two continents are full of British-derived nations.
Considering the British started off as a bunch of pirates gnawing at the scraps of the Roman Empire...yes. We're in a serious wank and one which it will be pretty hard to undo.

Considering that one small group of people left Africa, and now represent the majority of the human population, we are living in a Ug Tribe wank. :p
 
The rise of the U.S. on the other hand, was easily predictable even hundreds of years beforehand. Adam Smith predicted it would become more populous and powerful than Great Britain in The Wealth of Nations way back in 1776. .

John Adams predicted as much in his diary back during the 7 Years War. At the time, he was quite the British patriot, and thought that the capital of the Empire would eventually migrate to America because of demographics
 
Our history is a Brit-wank.
English is the second or third most spoken native language in the world and without a doubt the international language.
British political ideals dominate the world, being seen as the way things are 'right'.
The bulk of two continents are full of British-derived nations.
Considering the British started off as a bunch of pirates gnawing at the scraps of the Roman Empire...yes. We're in a serious wank and one which it will be pretty hard to undo.

OTL qualifies even more as a Russia-wank. Things like the Axis-Soviet War are what get AH.com TLs critiqued for ASB-level implausibility.
 
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