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Originally Posted by Good King Glennceslas
You are halfway there and still missing the point.
Yes, it mocked George II. That does not cancel what it celebrated. Naval dominance. Power. Britain ruling the seas.
And here is the bit you keep skipping. That naval power later became the backbone of empire. Trade. Colonies. Slavery. That is not opinion. That is history.
Saying the imperial meaning grew later does not erase it now. Symbols evolve. That is literally why this conversation exists.
You can keep the fun origin story. It does not freeze the song in 1740 forever.
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But that's the song...the song is the exact words from the 1740 poem. It's him that's changed the meaning of the words. The songs still the same song.
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