Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
Well, hold on - if we want to get technical about it, there was a long period in which the British state didn't really do anything besides support organizations like the East India Company, which did all the slavery and exploitation directly.

Since that organization no longer exists, shouldn't its direct depredations be written off at least in part?
Wasn't the East India Company nationalized in some fashion when it went bankrupt?