Apr 16, 2018
“Okay, so we spent a few hundred years systematically exploiting a quarter of the globe, stole countless precious antiquities, invented concentration camps and deployed military forces against civilians but hey, it wasn’t ALL bad!”
#The i#History#British Empire#Colonial Rule#Not all bad#That probably depends on what side you were on John#Probably makes quite a bit of a difference#Oppression#Misguided narrative#No#Think of all the good things#Stopping barbarism#Nurturing intellectual debate#Systematically exploiting a quarter of the globe#Stealing tons of stuff#Inventing concentration camps#Deploying military forces against civilians#All that sort of thing#Plus we all looked dashing in those red coats#As we aimed machine guns at opponents who had swords#Pride#Not shame#Centuries to come#There were failures#There were#Restore some balance#Again it probably depends what side you were on John#Whether you can treat it as a detached intellectual debate about the past#Or a slightly more critical WHAT THE FUCK GUYS WHERE IS ALL OUR STUFF narrative
