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Good job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Britain has its faults, but look at how former British colonies are doing today as compared to former French colonies, and other European countries.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You mean the ones where they essentially wiped out and replaced the locals, like the US, Canada or Australia? Or the ones where the locals are majority, like India, Bangladeh, Pakistan...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uh... "yes".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I rest my case, your honour!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure that the comparison is all that favorable with France. You check Algeria and Egypt, or Uganda and Niger, and it's not exactly a massive spread. The most positive comparison would be with Italian and Belgian colonialism, which managed to be incompetent and (even by colonial standards) gruesome, respectively.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man German colonialism failed so hard it doesn't even make the list

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Namibia and Tanzania turned out alright. They were something of money sinks, and despite the genocides performed by the Germans, they never really figured out how to turn a profit from their colonies. A bit late to the game, one suspects.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Adding my two cents, major curses to humanity today..

  • Britain always followed the divide and rule on it's colonies and it still curses them and beyond.
  • Most of the border disputes today can be lead back to british decisions.

There are million more reasons, but it's just not worth arguing with UK now.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I think you should read up on which countries are former British colonies, because there are definitely a lot of them not doing so well either.