....that the Allies won WWI and WWII. British colonization sowed the seeds of rule of law and individual liberty in America, India, Australia, etc.
Compared to the rapage and pillage of French/Spanish other colonial powers, Britain created the only friends we have in this world through their seapower.
That -we- aren't utilizing our superpower status in the 21st century as well as the British did says more about us than it does about 18th century British Imperialism.
I didn't know British India had rule of law and individual liberty. The rule of law and individual liberty that you witness in India was created and sustained by INDEPENDENT INDIA. You dont see the same in other British colonies such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and large parts of Africa.
"That -we- aren't utilizing our superpower status in the 21st century as well as the British did says more about us than it does about 18th century British Imperialism."
The Brits did it for the purpose of enslaving and exploiting her colonies and sucking it dry. Not for spreading democracy, liberty or rule of law. Among its great achievements, Britain has left behind a legacy of creating a hunger holocaust that killed 10 million people in several man made famines in Bengal. At least America has no such claim to fame.