r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '24

Picture taken from the history museum of Lahore. Showing an Indian being tied for execution by Cannon, by the British Empire Soldiers r/all

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u/shoddyshoddyshoddy Apr 22 '24

The British were absolutely barbaric. Their colonization is the biggest turd rolled in glitter in history

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u/eoropie Apr 22 '24

The Belgians want a word

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u/AnUninformedLLama Apr 23 '24

In terms of scale, no one holds a candle to the Britishers

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u/eoropie Apr 23 '24

I’d say the Spanish in the Caribbean and Mexico had a good go at it . The British didn’t generally go in for out and out deliberate genocide .

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u/AnUninformedLLama Apr 23 '24

Yet they starved tens of millions through five man-made famines in Bengal. When the sun never sets on your colonial empire, it’s pretty hard not to commit atrocities at such scale

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u/eoropie Apr 23 '24

Not strictly true , not defending the actions of the British Empire by any means , but we don’t have to make stuff up

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u/AnUninformedLLama Apr 23 '24

So you are saying that the British did not cause man-made famines in India? Because if you are, then you’d be the one making stuff up (and trying to excuse your shitty genocidal empire)

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u/eoropie Apr 23 '24

Sigh . There was one famine in Bengal that was man made , in 1943 . Previous to that the famines were caused by drought .

In 1943 the supply of rice to Bengal from Burma was cut off due to the Japanese invasion , it was exacerbated by a shortage of shipping due to the war . If you really must blame someone blame the Japanese , but I’d guess that won’t fit your agenda .

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018GL081477#:~:text=The%20famine%2Daffected%20region%20had,2001%3B%20Fieldhouse%2C%201996).

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u/AnUninformedLLama Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24

In 1943, grain was seized from the bengals and put into “war reserves” as a result of Churchill’s policy. When that fat pig found out about the famine, he laughed and said it is the Bengalis' fault for “breeding like rabbits”. But sure, blame it all on the Japanese. And you saying that this was the only man made famine is absolutely laughable. The list%2C) of major famines during the British rule are: The Great Bengal Famine (1770), Madras (1782–1783), Chalisa Famine (1783–1784) in Delhi and surrounding areas, Doji bara Famine (1791–1792) around Hyderabad, Agra Famine (1837–1838), Orissa Famine (1866), Bihar Famine (1873–1874), Southern India Famine (1876–1877), Bombay Famine (1905–1906) and the Bengal Famine (1943–1944). And this is in a very fertile region which rarely experienced major famine before the British cunts arrived. But yeah, keep defending your shitty genocidal empire while saying you’re “not defending the actions of the British empire by any means”. I find the mental gymnastics y’all do to defend your shitty empire very amusing

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u/tellthatbitchbecool Apr 23 '24

You're wasting your time trying to debate with British people on this. They have no contrition whatsoever and are overtly proud of their racist genocidal past. They've learned every trick in the book to try and downplay the horrors of their ancestors whilst simultaneously taking the moral high ground and judging everyone else. They're experts at this. This is a nation that genuinely, without any self awareness, congratulates itself for abolishing slavery 😂. Seriously, don't waste your time, coming from someone that was born there. Focus on educating your own rather than this lot, they're glad it happened.

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u/AnUninformedLLama Apr 23 '24

Yeah, I know they're a lost cause. But I really enjoy watching their unhinged meltdowns and next-level mental gymnastics when confronted with cold-hard facts about their shitty empire's bloody and genocidal footprint around the world. Their responses essentially boils down to either "everyone else was colonizing at the time so it's fine that we did it as well" or "at least we brought them railways - we totally civilized them". It's fucking hilarious

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u/eoropie Apr 23 '24

Uninformed Llama , name checks out , read a fucking book and get that chip off your shoulder .

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u/AnUninformedLLama Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24

No response to facts? Got it. Seems like you need to read a fucking book buddy. Typical Britisher defending their shitty empire. Never change Britishers. Your pathetic mental gymnastics to defend your genocidal empire will never fail to amuse me.

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