• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    7 days ago

    Hey man, if you want to argue that British imperialism wiped out the power of local elites, and that was a good thing (or at least better than local elites continuing), I’m not here to get in your way. I’m just in opposition to the technological side of the argument.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      I think then by inference you have to give me the rule of law.

      They have the westminster system, something they could never have had under their local elites.

      Everything else I concede as circumstantial at best.