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Having a colonial empire involves countless horrible acts of evil. GB was a little bit ahead of the curve on ending the slave trade (at least compared to parti
by bee_rider 1y ago
Having a colonial empire involves countless horrible acts of evil.
GB was a little bit ahead of the curve on ending the slave trade (at least compared to particularly shitty countries on this issue, like the US). But is it also a problem that they themselves contributed massively toward, so kind of a mixed bag there.
- arandomusername 1y ago[flagged]
- krapp 1y agoThose empires didn't build that infrastructure out of the kindness of their hearts, they did so to more efficiently enslave the locals and extract their resources and to make life more comfortable for the colonizers occupying the territories. Absolutely not one bit of it was done to improve the quality of life of colonized people. That it did regardless is a statement about the neutral moral dimension of technology, not the relative good of imperialism.
- FridayoLeary 1y agoThanks for that. For example the British ended sati in India. Colonialism wasn't all brutal exploitation even if that did happen. Britain did mess up a lot and did many shameful things but there are also lots of things to celebrate.