Birmingham was once a powerhouse industrial metropolis, but now the UK's second city is a shell of its former self as rubbish lines the streets, the lights stay off and children grow up below the poverty line.
The problem with imperialism and colonialism is that colonized people eventually break free. The British Empire squandered its ill gotten wealth with nothing to show for it.
The problem with imperialism and colonialism is that colonized people eventually break free. The British Empire squandered its ill gotten wealth with nothing to show for it.
Indeed, eventually the cost of maintaining the empire exceeds the plunder you get from it and at that point the core becomes rapidly hollowed out.