Comment by charcircuit
Comment by charcircuit 2 days ago
Yes, that is what I did.
Comment by charcircuit 2 days ago
Yes, that is what I did.
Britain losing America as a colony was a major fail. If they had properly dealt with those people who had participated it would have slowed down the movement of American gaining its independence. It serves as a warning not to let small crime fester as those people can cause larger problems through network effects.
not only tough on crime but a committed imperialist. nice.
I don't think the United States had a much different policy towards the original inhabitants than the colonial government of Britain. Slavery became illegal in european colonizer countries earlier than in the United States. (Some argue it still isn't.)
It's not the colonized people that gained freedom, it's the colonizers who were freed from taxes so they could exploit more unregulated.
In this case it is between one imperialist country vs. another, so wouldn't label that position imperialistic necessarily.
thank you for the history lesson. my conclusion is that both empires were/are bad, not that we need to be tough on crime like the person i was replying to said
I tend to agree, but worth considering that Britain would probably not have banned slavery when it did if it still controlled the southern US.
Daily reminder that Boston Tea Party was illegal. If those people were properly punished then US wouldn't have got independence, and the world would've been a much better place.