Most of the complaints people have about baseball apply to cricket, only more so; I can’t stand cricket, but I do like baseball, so I can’t pass judgement on cricket, maybe there’s something I’m missing.
The best thing I can say about colonialism is that the European powers were still stuck in an ancient, backwards way of thinking, much like they believed their colonial residents were. Just because they had more advanced technology didn’t mean they were morally superior in any way, as Churchill and others show. There was no way to atone for all those sins, but leaving British forces in Belize after independence is among the least evil outcomes, condescending attitude or not.
Ah, the good old days when we Europeans still could be openly condescending towards peoples from other continents…
Today we harrumph about them only behind closed doors.
According to The Times of India, in a section called “Ideology of Nazism,” the textbook said Hitler had “lent dignity and prestige to the German government,” “made untiring efforts to make Germany self-reliant” and “instilled the spirit of adventure in the common people.” Only briefly does the book mention the extermination of millions of Jews and others by the end of World War II.
Yup, there was an unfortunate amount of Nazi influence on Indian society.
Y’all get that the reason why the Nazis had the ability to do that was because they were the only people offering to help the Indians resist British oppression?
There’s a lesson in that which the Western powers still refuse to learn. Violent extremism is usually the product of oppression and exploitation.
