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		richardwhiuk on Feb 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Britain stole $45T from India (2018) It's not rose tinted - as a country, Britain was better of during the Raj. People are yearning for a time when we stole huge amounts from the rest of the world.

mytailorisrich on Feb 23, 2021 [–]

Britain was better off in the sense that it was much more powerful than it is now.

But on an individual level Britons are much better off now than they were then.

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