Sadly, we Brits have a LOT to answer for historically! Our imperial use of systematic violence was no different from that used by our rivals. We were just better at hiding it. [see Elkins C., “Legacy of Violence: a history of the British Empire”]
Eg we pioneered concentration camps & mass starvation (Boer War); mass murder of civilians (India, Palestine, Ireland, Kenya); reprisal killings (Ireland); torture (Ireland, Kenya); rape, & castration (Kenya);
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Sadly, we Brits have a LOT to answer for historically! Our imperial use of systematic violence was no different from that used by our rivals. We were just better at hiding it. [see Elkins C., “Legacy of Violence: a history of the British Empire”]
Eg we pioneered concentration camps & mass starvation (Boer War); mass murder of civilians (India, Palestine, Ireland, Kenya); reprisal killings (Ireland); torture (Ireland, Kenya); rape, & castration (Kenya);