2. "Despite everything, even the First Nations should be grateful that the Europeans came here." Conrad Black. Note the word "grateful"
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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11. "You think the Raj was bad? Try being a soldier administrating India, a thankless task?"
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