CHINA WAR INEVITABLE...SOONER THAN LATER
- By Fig
- The Bear Pit
- 111 Replies
Totally disagree, as much as I possibly can. While the British Empire most certainly exploited the natural resources and industry of their colonies, that was clearly not their only impetus, and how the British colonies have fared against the other Europeans bears that out. I can eaisily make a convincing argument that the British were far and away the best colonial masters of the bunch. This is terribly easy both in both the bloodless way many of them got their independence (of course we shot them), and in the post colonial arc of many of those countries who may have had monarchy, but also had rule of law and strong civilizing currents.
Compare those of the British to those of the French, or worse the Belgians (true brutal rapists) or Portuguese.
Even though we shot them in the face, I'd rather grow up in almost any British colony than that of any other country, and it must be noted that the vast majority of the world was an utter shithole when the Europeans were colonizing it. I'd say that the British left everything better whenever they went with the exception of some of the African colonies where it really seems hopeless even today...
Almost like throwing rocks at the Romans for being so violent and conquesty when the rest of the world was a dark and ignorant shithole with nothing but the claw-law. Yea, Rome was brutal by our measure, but by that of BC till the third century it was the absolute pinnacle of light in the world. Perspective is everything.
