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developer. formerly @browninstitute, @globeandmail, @TorontoStar.

Montréal, Québec
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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      2. "Despite everything, even the First Nations should be grateful that the Europeans came here." Conrad Black. Note the word "grateful"

      1 reply 33 retweets 16 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      3. One of the interesting features of the imperialist mentality is the desire to have the thanks of the subject people.

      1 reply 60 retweets 43 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      4. The subtext of Kipling's White Man's Burden is that imperialism is hard because it a thankless task. Natives don't appreciate.

      2 replies 31 retweets 24 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      5.To seek another’s profit And work another’s gain Take up the White Man’s burden And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better

      1 reply 9 retweets 7 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      6. The hate of those ye guard— The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah slowly) to the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage?”

      3 replies 9 retweets 8 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      7. So: the burden of the Kiplingesque imperialist is that he's conquering to improve the world and only earns the hatred of those he helps.

      1 reply 23 retweets 22 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      8. George W. Bush once said that for him one of the saddest things about the Iraq war was how little gratitude Iraqis expressed.

      3 replies 44 retweets 34 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      9. What's interesting here is how insatiable self-love can be. Not enough to be the ruling class. You also have to be thanked.

      4 replies 45 retweets 45 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      10. The narcissism is astonishing. The real message is that "it is we, the ruling class, who suffer. We are the victims here."

      12 replies 43 retweets 46 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2015
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      11. "You think the Raj was bad? Try being a soldier administrating India, a thankless task?"

      6 replies 7 retweets 14 likes
      Laurent Bastien‏ @BastienLaurent 7 Jun 2015
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      @HeerJeet niall ferguson also uses the Raj as an example of "thankless imperialism" in "Colossus," except without irony.

      5:59 PM - 7 Jun 2015
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