Posted on 09/13/2022 4:24:05 PM PDT by Jyotishi
The only reason why we know anything about the smaller culturs is because their wares were sitting in a Western museum.
Not one of us would be willing to travel to any of these places to see those same trinkets in their homeland.
Anytime I get an Indian trying to scam me on the phone, I tell the Indian they were better-off under the British Empire.
I’m quite sure Egypt feels the same way India does.
This is ignorant, reductive nonsense. Far from looting India like the earlier Muslims, the British actually discovered the great cultural artifacts of India’s ancient civilization, and preserved them in the Royal Asiatic Library, and then proceeded to bequeath the legacy of enlightened, modern education to an India mired in illiteracy and credulity.
There is a modern retelling of history going on, with India at the time of British colonialism being set as a modern, advanced, and beautiful culture, and the Brits being set as filthy, evil looters.
I enjoyed the tv show “It Ain’t Half Hot Mum” .
If it wasn’t for British imperialism the show would never have been made, so I think it was worth it.
Now remember when you're 'acking round a gilded Burma god
That 'is eyes is very often precious stones;
An' if you treat a nigger to a dose o' cleanin'-rod
'E's like to show you everything 'e owns.
When 'e won't prodooce no more, pour some water on the floor
Where you 'ear it answer 'ollow to the boot
(Cornet: Toot! toot!) —
When the ground begins to sink, shove your baynick down the chink,
An' you're sure to touch the —
(Chorus) Loo! loo! Lulu! Loot! loot! loot!
Ow the loot! . . .
All armies looted and lived off of loot, at least until the middle 1800's.
There were unusual exceptions.
The American Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 were among them.
And the British ushered in an era of peace and prosperity such as India had never known before.
The British uncovered and destroyed the religion of Thugee, which had existed for hundreds and years and murdered upward of two million innocents.
Related:
Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes for massacre in India
The archbishop of Canterbury has said he regrets a massacre by British colonial forces of hundreds of Indians participating in a peaceful demonstration for independence 100 years ago.
By The Associated Press
September 10, 2019, 11:02 AM ET
If that Brit had not come along building a railway (something the locals hadn’t quite gotten around to yet) and rescued the statue from a spot where it was destined to lay forgotten, and found a place for it at a museum, it would have literally never seen the light of day.
That’s not loot. That’s conservation.
They complain about the “Insert Name Of Empire Here” and all problems they caused while conveniently forgetting the worse things they did.
“an India mired in illiteracy and credulity”
Will Durant, American historian:
“India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.”
India also wouldn’t have Cricket.
“Ok, but apart from that, what have the British EVER done for us?”
If it weren’t for British imperialism, none of those Indian doctors and engineers would be coming over here to work and there wouldn’t be any call centers in India.
If it weren’t for British imperialism, none of those Indian doctors and engineers would be coming over here to work and there wouldn’t be any call centers in India.
People who practice the caste system (with a group of people known as “untouchables”) and widow burning don’t exactly hold the moral high ground. And how much did the marharajahs steal from and oppress Indian people?
Even today I’ve watched videos of people traveling in india - everything has a price that you pay or no help. You get stuck in the mud they’ll negotiate a deal, but know that they like the muddy thick roads because they make a living getting people unstuck.
India is one nation I would never go to. Nothing there to see or want to know about.
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