Was this not widely known already? What did people think colonialism was all about, if not for the enrichment of the colonialising nation? This basic knowledge is presented as groundbreaking - are so many readers so ignorant?
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Unfortunately, yes to your last.
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But the US knows nothing of anything much at all. I'm talking about everyone else. Brits know this. Anyone in the Commonwealth knows this. Anyone in a colonised nation knows this....
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From what I've heard the truth about colonial history is not generally taught in UK schools. So when people see and judge immigrants, they don't consider that their own countrymen/relatives invaded/plundered almost every country on the planet.
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That was certainly my impression when I lived there 30 years ago!
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Very very old news. That is what Empires do. The American commercial Empire just took over from the British Empire in the 20th century. It is doing exactly the same thing. In due course the Chinese will take over. Not good, but it happens. Why the surprise?
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No surprise Charles and Happy New Year to You and Yours and to Everyone

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Happy New Year to you too
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But global Britain! But buccaneering spirit! But leading the world on the basis of values!
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i cant read this without feeling utter shame - where did the money end up ? who profited ? dont tell me - the aristocracy.
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Maybe you should coauthor a book with Sashi Tharoor ..... much of the stuff you discover about the British rule in India wld make the Jewish genocide seem like some fairy tale!
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Since when is the industrialised attempt to execute the humiliation, dehumanization, and then eradication of millions of people a fairy tale? This is an absolutely terrible way to make what point you thought you might be making...
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Maybe I was not articulate enough.... pls try and read a bit of history to figure of how many million Indians were forced in starvation deaths by the British who plundered a country for 100 years and built their empire .https://youtu.be/f7CW7S0zxv4
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Yes, I'm aware of the horrific impact of British rule of India. This is not about not being articulate, it's about deciding to say that the differently horrific Holocaust might be a fairy tale. In what parallel universe does that even begin to make sense?
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Also: please understand that starving people was not something the British Empire reserved for India; Irish Potato Famine? more of the same. It was a colonial empire, and that's what they do - plunder the resources of the land they invade, leave behind infrastructure/language.
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Point taken Elissa .... apologies... not an apt reference I admit.
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No mainstream articles yet on how India's higher castes did the same to India's lower castes. And doubt many would read it either as doesn't fit convenience.
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2 wrongs don't make a right
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