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minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot to be an imperial apologist, but there was one colony that was actually better off under British rule and that was Hong Kong.
minus-squareV H@lemmy.stad.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI think Hong Kong is the rare exception that’s at least possible to reasonably argue, since the alternative was never independence but being ruled by someone granting even fewer freedoms.
Not to be an imperial apologist, but there was one colony that was actually better off under British rule and that was Hong Kong.
I think Hong Kong is the rare exception that’s at least possible to reasonably argue, since the alternative was never independence but being ruled by someone granting even fewer freedoms.