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hermitcrab
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Britain’s destruction and concealment of colonial ...
I'm not excusing Britain in any way for allowing the East India Company to behave as it did. I believe many of the British ruling class were shareholders and benefitted directly from its depredations.
hermitcrab
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Also, in the British tradition of 'divide and rule' they would generally get local people to do a lot of the dirty work.
rbg246
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No absolutely, sorry if I sounded that way.
I certainly was not saying you were excusing, just adding an addendum to your comment.
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