A graphic video showing two women forced by a baying mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on so…

  • beard_hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Let’s list the effects of British Colonalism

    • High taxation on local products and agriculture leading to indentured servitude.
    • Ending royal patronage of artisans causing mass unemployment.
    • Artificial famines as foodgrains exported to Europe during European wars.
    • Labelling of particular tribes or ethnicity criminals for perpetuity.
    • Forcing puritism on ethnic populations.

    For more read: -This -This -This

    And yes. Religious and ethnic problems were already here but Brits exacerbated it.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I said that more concisely. The British empire is bad. So, it’s irrelevant to the point I made.

      There are documented wars older than the country of Britain.