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It's interesting that Twain grew to loathe Kipling due to the latter's efforts to get the US to "take up the white man's burden" and assume Britain's imperial a
by redthrowaway 11y ago
It's interesting that Twain grew to loathe Kipling due to the latter's efforts to get the US to "take up the white man's burden" and assume Britain's imperial ambitions as it was forced to give up its possessions. Hitchens has a great bit about it in Blood, Class, and Empire.
- acqq 11y agoWhite Man's Burden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden