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I don't think the "resource strip-mining" probably wasn't that big a factor. The big problem was, they used "divide and conquer". The British were masters at i
by wisty 15y ago
I don't think the "resource strip-mining" probably wasn't that big a factor.
The big problem was, they used "divide and conquer". The British were masters at it - find a minority in a region, and give them guns and military assistance. The minorities can now be relied on to keep the rest of the population under control, and they can't rebel against the British for fear of a reprisal from the majority.
The problem is, it leaves a real mess when the Brits leave.
- furiouslysleepy 15y agoNo, resource strip-mining was a HUGE problem, and was compounded by the fact that India missed the Industrial Revolution at least partially because the British willfully sabotaged Indian attempts to gain technology. (It was in the interests of the British to force India to sell them raw materials at low prices, feed it to industries in Britan, and sell it back to India as a finished product. In those days, gold was money, and India had a lot of gold.)