paint themselves as the good guys. And probably the rest of empires too.
Made me think of The White Man's Burden. "We really, really, honestly don't actually want to empire but it's best for non-white people that we conquerassimilateliberate them! Wow, would you look at all these natural resources and indigenous populations our owner class can now exploit!? What a coincidence!"
No no, when we Brits did it it was the white mans burden to beat some civility in to those damn animals and if we helped ourselves to some of their resources while we were at it well thats just fair payment by jove
It's plain imperialism. The romans had the same stupid excuse to paint themselves as the good guys. And probably the rest of empires too.
Made me think of The White Man's Burden. "We really, really, honestly don't actually want to empire but it's best for non-white people that we
conquerassimilateliberate them! Wow, would you look at all these natural resources and indigenous populations our owner class can now exploit!? What a coincidence!"Beat me to it by a few seconds
No no, when we Brits did it it was the white mans burden to beat some civility in to those damn animals and if we helped ourselves to some of their resources while we were at it well thats just fair payment by jove
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