Bjorn Blomquist
Feb 13, 2021

Connecting the world and ushering in prosperity? That's an interesting way to describe the brutal conquest of developing countries and the subjugation and complete exploitation of those living in said developing countries.

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Thanks Bjotn Blomquist.
Was there brutality? exploitation? Certainly! The British also were great explorers of our world in geography, science, engineering and genuinely believed in trade and building economic structures which we have enormously…

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