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Aug 16, 2021 · Empires have never been a force for good. They are built on competition for resources among elites and the exploitation of an underclass. Not only are ‘ends’ said to justify the means, empires also rationalise their actions by claiming access either to supernatural sanctioning or to some higher morality.
- Mark Gover
The British Empire was the only belligerent to fight the entirety of the Second World War. From the last man standing against Nazi tyranny in 1940 to facing the fiery death of Imperial Japan in 1945, the empire was a vital cog in the Allied war machine.
Being forced to accept someone else’s beliefs is not a good thing. This happens a lot when empires grow. In the British Empire it happened with indigenous people of Australia and New Zealand, as two examples. It also happened inside the British Isles.
So, the question is often asked: was the British Empire a force for good, a perpetrator of injustice, or a complex combination of both? At its height, the British Empire controlled vast territories across almost every continent on earth through exploration, trade, and straightforward conquest.
Anyone who doubts that, in the final analysis, the Empire was a force for good need only consider the question: would the world have been better off if the British had lacked an empire in...
Jan 16, 2003 · Was British imperialism a force for good? The mention of British imperialism conjures images of a brutal slave trade and obscene profits gained through the imposition of British rule....
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Dec 12, 2006 · While advocates of Britain's overseas role presented the empire as a force for moral good, political stability and economic progress, critics lamented what they perceived as the negative, distorting effects of ‘imperialism’ on Britain's domestic development, and the debilitating influence of ‘colonialism’ on indigenous societies.
