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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12. "You think you suffered in the Iraq war? Imagine being the decider & not getting any thanks from those you liberated."
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13. "You think the residential schools were bad? Imagine trying to uplift the natives and getting nothing but scorn in return."
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14. There's been many cogent responses to Black but one more thing needs to be said: "This is not about you, Conrad."
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15. "t doesn't matter if the word genocide makes you feel bad. Your feelings aren't the issue here. There's something bigger at stake."
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