Dr Shashi Tharoor: “India’s share of the world economy when Britain arrived on its shores was 23 per cent. By the time the British left it was down to below four per cent. Why? Simply because #India had been governed for the benefit of Britain"

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[–]arainynightinskyrim 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Perhaps the reason India's gdp decreased so drastically is because of the industrial revolution in the west, nobody could keep their production against advanced machinery.

[–]cisheteroscumWhite Nationalist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is the correct answer

[–]cisheteroscumWhite Nationalist 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

British colonization was mostly good for India and claims of exploitation and abuse are greatly exaggerated

India's drop in the share of world GDP is easily explained by Western industrialization. It's also meaningless because such a statement doesn't imply anything about how much India's gdp per capita went up or down during the colonial period

[–]asterias 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The colonial policy of Britain and France is largely responsible for the problems of the West these days.

[–]Jesus[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The joint British-Russian English Muscovy company preceded the British East India company and in many ways provided the model and capital to get it launched.

https://t.co/zi7KZgFrl0

https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1174291004406546432/photo/1

https://www.facebook.com/MIDRussia/photos/a.265191980246917/1988948421204589/?type=3&av=264205757012206&eav=AfZ48W-bhAuNbE-hWmk62K7S01NIrWSAW6NHXlWn5sw2fsgZOgfU14KkAfwRO106Dog&__xts__[0]=68.ARDLxFWbOj_BzF0leqxwkeszR3Mqu5NQxTodZrf9B3yThkC7v67cnFHv7JYwdV6Mv_xL6b-sTq0YelAlXF5yRhzlLNwOM7eigOlaF6-M8OFILf_2kqfwlj865X8x-wXORA0wKrBVYNxdETRm9DSfEVqkUODRyXih38U0QMBTNKn4hFnCN3ygrHWZOvv2wX5_mdpfUARNI_EXVjNzHPy9inDWKMiOFGltHprFhx7oOR-AH7roW3Gg4fDDOudmW__mZ8yNSRbWCrZWp59VQO54brchzbb1uutj7-l94z-6lKHxfgs1Aw0wmMlRGenmCVpkeJMP-MDKvbw9ARGvViCC64w91g&__tn__=-R

Is not the US suppose to be Britain's enemy? What happened?

[–]FoxySDTWhite Nationalist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This guy on reddit is making good posts regarding the supposed exploitation of India and other oppression narratives

https://www.reddit.com/r/u_GaslightEveryone/comments/ifl38h/british_india_colonialism_the_empire_a_source_list

[–]cisheteroscumWhite Nationalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wish we had more effort posters like this on plebbit

[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So you've quoted Dr. Tharoor and you've posted a picture. Are we to take it you side with this argument? You do realize it's against sub rules to post quotes or videos without some type of explanation, follow up, or question for debate?

It's disappointing to see someone as intelligent as yourself post such easily disproved jewish tripe.