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It's an interesting point. Speaking as an Englishman, how much do we collectively owe the world?
by LilBytes 5y ago
It's an interesting point. Speaking as an Englishman, how much do we collectively owe the world?
- dtx1 5y agoAnd how far back is a government responsible for it's predecessors actions? There certainly is a point in time where it stops, no one in their right mind would ask for reparations for things that happened in medieval times. But where is that point? I can't say. As for the English debt, start by acknowledging and teaching the horrors your empire has caused and go from there. The English pride in "Queen and Country" is incomprehensible to me.
- type0 5y agoBritish Empire committed countless genocidal acts, but it's often waved away as if it was for the greater good. History is written by rulers, winners and colonizers, nothing new here.
- Derek_Mudaxe 5y agoPlease could you name a few, it should be easy.
- type0 5y agoSome were mentioned here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27308384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27308384 but there's lots more if you do a quick search online.