Yeah, the continuity of institutions like chattel slavery and the divine right of kings applied to global expansion including but not limited to the brutal sub

Yeah, the continuity of institutions like chattel slavery and the divine right of kings applied to global expansion including but not limited to the brutal subjugation of India for 200 years. I'm genuinely curious as to how you can come to the conclusion that British expansion promoted democracy. I did a Google search and was able to find reference to a body of literature that seems to suppose that there is correlation between long term survival for post-colonial democracies and the time a colony had spent being rule over by the British. One paper (below) seems to tie democratic elections as being a necessary qualifier for post-colonial independence but that makes sense from a Pinko standpoint-- former colonies which formerly could be dominated through sheer political and military force may be freed from a, "formal" perspective but, "free elections" and the liberalization of the real economy (globalization) creates a new opportunity for global centers of wealth and influence to dominate developing nations without the need to mobilize the political system or military thereby side-stepping the need to garner or manufacturer consent from the public. Now where exactly do we get a historical pretext for global exceptionality? This is the promotion of, "democracy?" It seems like this is basis of all the nasty things in the world that stifle real self-determination. I now that it's fun to play edge-lord when you feel like no one else has done the reading (believe me I get it) but these simple, "good guy vs bad guy but plot twist the bad guy is actually good" and its reversal amongst people on the left just reeks of a kind of intellectual snobbery which typifies those that are insecure about what they actually know. As an insecure jackass myself I would know. Cheers. rochester.edu/college/faculty/alexander_lee/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Lee-and-Paine-Britain-and-democracy.pdf