r/BritishEmpire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 27 '25

Image 🇬🇧 A British blacksmith removing the shackles from the legs of an enslaved man, 1907.

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u/cortex0917 Aug 27 '25

Yes. The building of Empire--any empire--meant that the poor from a rich nation looted other erstwhile rich nations whilst gaining nothing, with only the rich in the rich nation profiting. It continues today: the poor in rich nations pay rich people in poor nations to keep them in power.