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The Empire is Responsible for the Imperial System
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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
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The Brits were the largest economy in the world for the 19th century, and the largest in Europe until WW2, and followed up by the US. Being the largest economy means you get to keep your own internal standards and anyone who wants to do trade with you has to accept that. It's not a coincidence that the UK swapped to metric after integrating into the European market.