How did Spain go from the greatest Empire on Earth to a shitty tourist destination for lower-middle class Northern Europeans? Can this happen to the UK too?
>>3194222
No, UK is a shit tourist destination compared to Spen.
>>3194222
Spend all their spoils on ebin buildings and luxury instead of investment. They also viewed these colonies as a buffet, instead of developing them. So, no, it won't happen to Britain.
>>3194222
A hilarious lack of economic forsight. Even at their absolute height they were still declaring bankruptcy left and right, it was embarrassing for the other empires of the time to realize that somehow, this embarrassment managed to rival them in power albeit very briefly.
>>3194222
>Can this happen to the UK too?
As a Brit, I can never comprehend why anyone would willingly come here for any reason whatsoever, much less on holiday.