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The world is not black and white. The british built infrastructure that is still being used today. Like their railway system. They also educated the populace.
by rapsey 9y ago
The world is not black and white. The british built infrastructure that is still being used today. Like their railway system. They also educated the populace.
- rohit2412 9y agoRailways to take away raw materials. Educated? India's literacy rate in 1947 was 12% Look at british literacy rate when they became a big empire. https://www1.umassd.edu/ir/resources/laboreducation/literacy.pdf https://www1.umassd.edu/ir/resources/laboreducation/literacy... Even though it might be because of industrialization and not colonization, India could have industrialized faster without being a colonial subject.
- celticninja 9y agoSwings and roundabouts really, not everything they did was bad and not everything was good.
- saiya-jin 9y agoexactly the justification I heard from my english friend some time ago. like some stupid infrastructure improvements for few justifies enslaving whole nation for generations, shooting a protesting thousand civilians on a whim and generally robbing the nation. what's wrong with you?
- 0ld 9y agoThat's a poor excuse all the colonizators and invaders always use - "We buit something there! We brought good and civilization to the wild bloodthirsty pagans! White man's burden anyone?" Not really. Locals would build it as well, just maybe later. Technology spreads disregarding the governments or countries.
- rapsey 9y agoI said the world is not black and white. I did not say colonization was good or better than if it did not happen. The end situation was not universally bad. Some benefits remained. Anyone saying the countries would be in a better state now without colonization is speaking entirely out of their ass. Just like anyone saying the countries are better off as a result of it.
- prebrov 9y agoNo intent to belittle any nation’s effort, but technology doesn’t spread evenly. Technological advances secured West’s domination over much of the world for centuries, despite having smaller population. Competitors were brought to submission using superior technology — China (Opium wars), Native Americans, Japan (WW II) and nearly every case I can think of. So, sooner is massively better than later.
- rohit2412 9y agoConsidering that India is still industrializing, I'd argue 1 century later is massively better than 4 century later.