While I accept we’ve brought some good things to the planet, I’m pretty sure we weren’t benefactors and that a significant part of our history is fairly bad. Several links here, the Sky one mostly positive, The Guardian one mostly negative while the other seems more balanced.
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Was the British Empire a force for good? | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
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Positive and negative impacts of the British Empire (askanacademic.com)
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No I’m not grateful for colonialism, and here’s why | Life and style | The Guardian
It won’t be while we’re ruled by the current lot of money-grabbing, corrupt bastards.
The very long borders and multi-party state make that problematic however it’s worth noting that migration is typically a good thing for developing nations as it means importing pre-skilled workers and that more often than not they’re very keen to work and typically honest (more so than the “native” population) when it comes to paying taxes.
On that “hope” we can agree but, given that my fellow Brits voted insanely to screw their own nation, I have my doubts sanity will ever prevail.