Adieu to globaloney

[Catherine Driscoll]

> Daniel Davies wrote:
> 
> >"Mass-murdering imperial nation" is a tautology.  And
> >in terms of mass murders attributable directly to
> >viciousness and brutality rather than to the
> >viciousness and brutality which were intrinsic to
> >historically inevitable production relations, the
> >British Empire was better than most.  You can
> >criticise a capitalist for being a monster, but not
> >for being a capitalist, and the vast majority of the
> >Empire's victims were victims of capitalism, not
> >monstrosity.
> 
> It takes monsters for capitalism/imperialism to work, though.
> 
> But check out Mike Davis' new book, where you can read about the 
> British administrators of India happily letting millions starve in 
> the name of market prices and fiscal rectitude, and blaming the 
> shiftlessness of the Indians for their dire situation. Monstrosity 
> is 
> one of several words that come to mind.

Cf Ireland and Australia.
Better than most. Hah.