Timmeh
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Sunday 28 November 2021 23:51:35 GMT
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vectorforvenom :
Haven't watched the video yet but, let me guess he offers some sort of defense on behalf of the genocidal and tyrannical British empire.
2021-11-29 04:05:13
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jamie2007.ja :
When you look at what they’ve done to the Irish, natives, Africans and Aborigines there’s simply no doubting they were an evil empire.
2021-11-29 00:05:46
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Trevor33_ :
you don't judge history by modern standards, simple
2021-11-29 02:04:57
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Robert :
In the Age of Empires we 🇬🇧 we’re not so bad. Compare us to the Ottoman, Ghengis Khan, Belgium, Germany. No not so bad at all
2021-11-29 03:07:18
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EthanR :
We starved and enslaved but we also built infrastructure and economy, there’s pros and cons to EVERYTHING
2021-11-29 14:02:02
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will toulan :
this is an excellent answer
2021-11-29 00:27:41
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David Crumb :
Totally agree. Can’t judge the past by today’s standards.
2021-11-29 01:03:57
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Greg Smith :
Both it did bad and it did good. Nothing is black and white. Was mostly about the rich getting richer
2021-11-29 14:26:08
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Brian McDonald :
has been a good thing on the whole but their treatment of Ireland during the famine,indigenous here and Africa,India were probably not the greatest.
2021-11-29 01:01:29
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sadge2002 :
I agree with this answer.
2021-11-29 00:00:00
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KNIGHT_WOLF :
I'm British and am very divided on the empire. I understand that we did bad stuff but I still get judged for something my "ancestors" did.......
2021-12-04 10:48:31
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Shasta :
It’s a disservice to the millions who lost their lives due to the racist ideologies which motivated colonialism, to not see the British Empire as evil
2021-11-29 00:29:05
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✨𝓓𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓵 ✨ :
the injustices caused by the British Empire are still in living memory for many people in India.
2021-11-29 07:00:21
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scosgrove74 :
It worked out fantastically for the wealthy elites and aristocracy,as did the industrial revolution.The poor did all the hard work and all the dying.
2021-11-29 04:15:58
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user1126783128723 :
Brought civilization to the world
2021-11-29 00:25:07
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Gavman :
disagree as an irish person. brought nothing but division that's ongoing to this day.
2021-11-29 12:52:45
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NotDarkMofo :
I understand what you’re saying but it’s a pretty shit take. For a PhD candidate you sound like the WW2 bro in a first year history subject.
2021-12-03 09:17:54
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Doctorine! :
my morals are the right one, and yours are the wrong one. obviously.
2021-11-29 00:49:50
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Joey 🇮🇪 :
Probably just descend into speculation, but for specific periods & regions you could probably compare what happened vs what was likely to have...
2021-11-29 08:42:39
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cheemey :
moral relativism from an English man, not surprised 😂 the answer is simple: don't steal what's not yours
2021-11-29 12:18:03
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why.u.reading.this :
I personally think the British empire was a mix of good and evil, for instance the terrible things done to the indigionous peoples of the colonys but
2021-12-01 23:22:23
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VelvetThunder :
Presentism is a historical term meaning judging past actions by today's standards, or uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the
2021-11-29 01:19:21
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