Lee is an extremely capitalist man and would be good to handle a coporate. He oppressed his opposition and totally controls judiciary of the country. His party has been in power since the beginning. He is hardly a vicionary....a good oppressive dynastical leader...
Actualy MR is more like him.
Abt British bringing Tamil labour from TN to SL, the british never tried to recruit Sinhalese, there was no record of it.
The reason Brits brough the tamils were they needed to change the demography and avoid any possibility of another uprising by the Kandyans after 1848 uprising.
It was forcibly taking sinhalese lands from them and breaking their strength so that another uprising can be avoided.
Also Tamils were useful cos they can be put into work giving very meagre amount of money. That was not less than slavery.
And how imaginative one should be to pick tea leaves?
And why did the Brits take Tamils to Fiji, South Africa, Mynmmar and even South America? Becasue of cheap labour and exploitation, avoiding any mass uprising.
Also the Tamils Lee is speaking abt is Jaffna Tamils, not the Indian Tamils. Indian Tamils are still the poorest community in SL.
Learn ur facts before talking :d
And where is MR abbrogating the 13th