Le dernier cri on British colonialism.

But that aside, if Brits today believe colonialism is wrong, then they need not further engage in it. But that does not mean that they alone have to atone for outlandishly magnified sins of the past.

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The real tragedy is not that Britain was once a colonial power, but that today, Britain is so chained up in the distorting guilt of Marxian philosophy and so embracing of that philosophy's bastard child, multiculturalism, that Brits no longer value and are willing defend their own culture and heritage

This is by no means the money quote from this superb essay on British colonialism. It really is a “must read” on the topic with great insights on other versions of colonialism in other times and places -- and what their legacies were.

WH’s positive take on Nigeria is counterintuitive but I’ll file it away for further investigation. The rest is unarguable.

"Thoughts On Britain, Colonialism & Multiculturalism." By Wolf Howling, 4/14/10.