INST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Situation Two, Nonviolence, Ten Commandments
13 Feb 2019
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Imperialism is an intellectual problem across the political spectrum. People need to be taught how to self govern. Englishmen abroad are corrupted by the imperial system. Want of equal rights leads to anarchy where everyone is equal. Only british india ends up being profitable for england. Defines in which regions each power can legally pursue ownership of land. Imperial power establishes administration and policing (1) (2) (3) force. Logics of rule the territorial holdings of the belgian state. Congo becomes personal property of leopold ii through congo society, not. Terrain is difficult and remote- makes it easier for authorities to do what they want, less people are attracted to the region. Population devastation: workers, women, children killed, generational death- approximately 50% of the population dies. Colonies as moral escapes- "where there ain"t no ten commandments" Colonialism is good for the government, international relations. Reports are so violent that they seem faked.
