To clarify, we're talking about the idea that colonial subjugation might not have been any worse than the power structures that were displaced in terms of exces

To clarify, we're talking about the idea that colonial subjugation might not have been any worse than the power structures that were displaced in terms of excess deaths. This is not the same as saying the British built railways, and also demonstrably untrue, both statistically and philosophically. A passing knowledge on the horrors of colonialism would qualify one to identify this idea as colonial apologism.