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Not just hypocrites, historically unread ones, too. It isn't the first time in British history that our love of globalisation has cost British people their jobs - the jute mills of Dundee were ruined by cheaper competition from India yet you won't hear many people on here crying about what a horrible time the Victorian Era was.
If I seem to be gloating, I am. I love the sight of self-alleged patriots foundering on the rocks of their addiction to free trade. The nation and the free market are two separate systems and I can't see why it's surprising that their interests diverge.
Supposing someone who is from Britain said the above and also claimed the following about the British Raj:
1. That the UK industry suffered because of cheaper stuff in India like the Jute Mills of Dundee suffered.
2. That the British brought in the Railway and Telegraph to unify India.
3. That it is because of the British that India is where it is!
4. And what is said above.
5. India was a whiteman's burden?
What would you say?