@xifascistxi@mellow63753@1no_aalsi_ India was, for the most part, deindustrialised, providing raw materials and given no real chance of competing. Also, the focus on cash crops over food resulted in the famine and that killed millions. IMHO, we are not the good guys in this.
@xifascistxi@mellow63753@1no_aalsi_ Birla or Tata were successful despite British policy, not because of it. It the was the Swadeshi movement that allowed Tata to raise the funds he needed. You seem to be intent on ignoring the massive amount of resources and wealth that were dragged out of India though.
@xifascistxi@mellow63753@1no_aalsi_ You miss the point here. India had the material wealth but it was deindustrialised by choice, the British instead opting to take that material wealth and sell it back to them. They were not given the option to develop that industry in a new age and benefit from their resources.
@xifascistxi@mellow63753@1no_aalsi_ Anyway, historians and economists far smarter than us have argued over this for 100 years. I don't think we are going to settle it! ๐
@xifascistxi@mellow63753@1no_aalsi_ While the industrial revolution played a part, our government favoured Mills in Manchester and used india as a supplier of raw materials, selling British textiles back to India, making local weavers redundant. Ruining in Indian economy was our choice
@mellow63753@1no_aalsi_ Before we showed up, India accounted for about 25% of global GDP. When we left, it was closer to 3%. We stripped them of their wealth and resources and left them with fuck all. The civilising mission is a myth we have told ourselves to make us feel better about that exploitation
@Jerkface114@notanerable Finally! You said something sensible. How long did it take us to get there? Far too long. Good night, my fine American friend.
@Jerkface114@notanerable Again with the personal insults. You need to calm down. That wife or daughter or.....that you are protecting is going to be worried thay you are getting flustered.
Anyway, those files. Get them released. Expose those billionaire deviants
@Jerkface114@notanerable Release the files with unredacted names then. Why all the cover up? You can't act all self righteous over grooming gangs when your government is protecting the highest profile ring in history.
And the ad hominems show your ignorance.
@Jerkface114@notanerable Your government is literally covering up a billionaire sex trafficking ring, your President in named in the files of multiple times.
@Jerkface114@notanerable Thats fine. I get healthcare, free at the point of use, 25 days paid holiday, a 37.5 hour working week, live in a delightful English village and best of all, Im not American.