I’ve noticed what I’d consider a substantial amount of hatred towards the British empire recently, and I’m not really sure why
The colonies we had were far better treated than most colonies of the era, or ever to be honest.
Almost every country has had empires that have treated their subjects terribly. But I’ve never seen anyone talking about the Roman, Mongolian, Persian, or Aztec empires with anything but being impressed. No one shits on the French, dutch or Spanish (who were notorisly cruel to their colonies).
The British empire was a huge part of ending the trans-atlanric slave trade. One of the first European countries to condemn it.
The British museum was set up to preserve artifacts which would have been looted or destroyed, not to mention it’s completely free to enter. Almost everything in there would have been lost (although I’ll admit the Greek stuff seems like it was probably not given)
Yet it seems we’re despised for by many people online, is it a fad?
No need to read any further. It’s one thing to be ignorant of a subject, no one knows everything, but it is another all together to be wilfully ignorant and also so confidently incorrect about it, especially after admitting you know nothing about it.
I’m sure at least a couple of people will have the time and patience to spoon feed you information that is readily available all around you to, at the very least, refute this bullshit, though I doubt you’ll be open to hearing what they have to say, so I honestly don’t know why you’re wasting not only your own time, but that of anyone who would try to actually educate you, too…
I willfully admit that much my knowledge about British history comes from Monty Python. That group didn’t pull punches when they went off on their own culture, though. (Honestly, it doesn’t take much to see through the satire.)