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hderms | 1 year ago

is Dublin becoming more of a cultural center since Brexit?

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a_paddy|1 year ago

Brexit? The British left Dublin 102 years ago.

chgs|1 year ago

As in since the U.K. shot itself in the foot more effort is being spent on an English speaking country in Europe at the expense of an English speaking country in its own.

wk_end|1 year ago

Ehhh I wouldn’t think it’d make a significant difference on its own. London is what it is (was what it was?) because of centuries of English imperial hegemony, not just because it’s English-speaking. Berliners speak the global lingua franca virtually just as well and - with no slight intended to the Irish - their city is a much more natural fit as the new European cosmopolitan cultural Mecca.

Dublin’s rising global prominence probably has more to do with Ireland’s rather business-friendly taxation policies.