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The East India Company were the world's first narcos.
Destruction of people was basically the EIC’s MO.
The East India Company were the world's first narcos.
You’re not wrong. They purposefully funneled opium into China to get their silver bullion to open up trade, whilst also destroying an entire generation. Destruction of people was basically the EIC’s MO.
Plus ça change.
The East India Company were the world's first narcos.
You’re not wrong. They purposefully funneled opium into China to get their silver bullion to open up trade, whilst also destroying an entire generation. Destruction of people was basically the EIC’s MO.
As Chinese workers immigrated into America, they opened opium dens here too.
https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Chinatown%27s_Opium_...
Then, the opium poppy, a plant not endemic to the Americas, started being cultivated in Mexico. Why Mexico? because the US banned Chinese immigration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act
We cannot ever blame the drug crisis on the British because it breaks the rules of history where history is written by the victors. We have to let people get away with stuff. We cannot describe the EIC as narcos, and if someone does, we have to downvote them.
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Are we considering the UK the entirety of Northern Europe now? That's a bold claim. If I recall correctly most of northern Europe stayed in poverty long after the end of the British East India Company
The tone of your comment was unnecessarily sarcastic and confrontational.
If you want to delve into the history of EIC (and you should, esp. if you’re interested in how Northern Europe’s tremendous growth was fueled) I suggest reading The Anarchy by Dalrymple. It has great detail but also vey well written and engaging (qualities usually hard to combine in history books).
The East India Company were the world's first narcos.
You’re not wrong. They purposefully funneled opium into China to get their silver bullion to open up trade, whilst also destroying an entire generation. Destruction of people was basically the EIC’s MO.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re not wrong. They purposefully funneled opium into China to get their silver bullion to open up trade, whilst also destroying an entire generation. Destruction of people was basically the EIC’s MO.
It doesn't stop with one generation. As Chinese workers immigrated into America, they opened opium dens here too. https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Chinatown%27s_Opium_... Then, the opium poppy, a plant not endemic to the Americas, started being cultivated in Mexico. Why Mexico? because the US banned Chinese immigration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act We cannot ever blame the drug crisis on…
Why does moral responsibility always stop with Europeans? Does Europe posses some Adult Moral capability the Mexicans lack?
Whatever story of woe you want to tell about why "china did X", can be told likewise about europe. The buck, stops where then? The Romans? The Celts?
If you want to delve into the history of EIC (and you should, esp. if you’re interested in how Northern Europe’s tremendous growth was fueled) I suggest reading The Anarchy by Dalrymple. It has great detail but also vey well written and engaging (qualities usually hard to combine in history books).
And for the perspective of the modern jewel of the empire May I suggest watching the views of Indias MP and diplomat Mr Shashi Tharoor https://youtu.be/1giYXrofZYo
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are we considering the UK the entirety of Northern Europe now? That's a bold claim. If I recall correctly most of northern Europe stayed in poverty long after the end of the British East India Company
The tone of your comment was unnecessarily sarcastic and confrontational.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It doesn't stop with one generation. As Chinese workers immigrated into America, they opened opium dens here too. https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Chinatown%27s_Opium_... Then, the opium poppy, a plant not endemic to the Americas, started being cultivated in Mexico. Why Mexico? because the US banned Chinese immigration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act We cannot ever blame the drug crisis on…
The problem with this analysis is: where does the buck stop? Why does moral responsibility always stop with Europeans? Does Europe posses some Adult Moral capability the Mexicans lack? Whatever story of woe you want to tell about why "china did X", can be told likewise about europe. The buck, stops where then? The Romans? The Celts?
Probably because they were the ones violently subjugating everyone else.