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Reducing colonialism to a simple morality narrative relies on the objectively false assumption that civilizations are all developing at the same time along the same trajectory. If the Romans had never colonized Britain, Britain probably wouldn’t have been in any position to colonize India by the 1700s. And all of us would probably still be subsistence farmers.
I live in the U.S, how many high school graduates would even know about the Harappan civilization?
Hell, I have difficulty finding a midwesterner who can name 2 cities in the Indian subcontinent with the correct pronunciation.
"Britons were running around the forest worshiping trees when Indians had indoor plumbing."
Could you please address this?
Which is why I don't engage with colonialism apologists.
There is plenty of literature to educate yourselves on that.
Admittedly the comment should have been less snarky but that's a different issue.
rayiner's original comment was defending colonialism.
"If it wasn’t for British colonialism, both of us would be subsistence farmers right now instead of on HN."
If you read his subsequent comment "forest/indoor plumbing" it is definitely sarcastic and comes off racist.
Further down he switches to India being older but does not consider that ancient Indian history is whitewashed in today's world in most western cultures.