In privința asta sunt de acord cu ce a zis Youval Noah Harari in "Sapiens".
Imperiile nu pot fi complet bune sau rele. Imperiile (precum și alte evenimente istorice) sunt oarecum neutre din punct de vedere moral.
Au fost avantaje ( îmbunătățirea relațiilor comerciale, aducerea noilor idei și invenții, etc ) dar și dezavantaje (exploatare, pierderea autonomiei, etc.)
Pai ce avantaj a fost ca au omorat n oameni pentru asta?! Sub pretextul aducerii noilor idei au casapit oamenii aia sa puna mana pe tarile lor! Faci relatii comerciale cu cine vrea asa de la sine daca se iveste ocazia, nu faci asa zic eu, sa le dai in cap. Tu chiar ai cazut in capcana asta cu aducerea noilor idei? Ai intrebat oamenii aia daca vor?
Deci dupa mine n-a fost deloc bine.
"The modern Indian state is a child of the British Empire. The British killed, injured and persecuted the inhabitants of the subcontinent, but they also united a bewildering mosaic of warring kingdoms, principalities and tribes, creating a shared national consciousness and a country that functioned more or less as a single political unit. They laid the foundations of the Indian judicial system, created its administrative structure, and built the railroad network that was critical for economic integration. Independent India adopted Western democracy, in its British incarnation, as its form of government."
"How many Indians today would want to call a vote to divest themselves of democracy, English, the railway network, the legal system, cricket and tea on the grounds that they are imperial legacies? And if they did, wouldn’t the very act of calling a vote to decide the issue demonstrate their debt to their former overlords?"
"If an extreme Hindu nationalist were to destroy all the buildings left by the British conquerors, such as Mumbai’s main train station, what about the structures left by India’s Muslim conquerors, such as the Taj Mahal?
Nobody really knows how to solve this thorny question of cultural inheritance. Whatever path we take, the first step is to acknowledge the complexity of the dilemma and to accept that simplistically dividing the past into good guys and bad guys leads nowhere. Unless, of course, we are willing to admit that we usually follow the lead of the bad guys."