Wednesday, June 22, 2011

No nanny state here


From my friend's trip to India.
You can talk on your cellphone and still drive a team of oxen.

I've been watching The Jewel In The Crown, about the last days of the British raj in India. Now, I am of Irish descent, so I know how brutal the Brits can be. But what imperial power is not?

Here's my question: if you are an African or Asian country and you know that your fate in the 19th and 20th century is to become subject to a European country. Which country would you choose for a colonial master: France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, Italy...or Great Britain?

Hint: which country's former colonies have done best after independence?

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