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Originally Posted by crooks
I read this in today's copy of the Economist and thought it was extremely interesting - speaking as someone who is from outside the Anglo-American alliance, could it be argued that Britons have indeed got less in common with Americans than the much quoted 'special relationship' would like to presume?
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The actual Trans-Atlantic 'special relationship' does not assume much in the way of commonality, but it is rather driven by mutually beneficial sub-relations... sub-relations that usually make one thing common on one side and scarce on the other side. Incidentally, commonality in other matters just makes those essential sub-relations smoother.