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A thread about the English Establishment, state psychopathy, #COVID19โ€ฆ and why it really matters how people in power think. ๐ŸงโœŠ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ#history #ToriesOut #resist ๐Ÿฆ 
The popular idea of a colonial official during the British Empire days was of a paternal figure dispensing justice and spreading civilisation, as in the 1935 film โ€œSanders of the Riverโ€ (see pic), a grossly patronising tale set in colonial #Nigeria... ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ #BritishEmpire #Korda
The reality was, of course, very different. Consider the work of Charles Callwell, a British soldier with much colonial experience, pictured here on the WWI Caucasus Front as a Major-General in 1916. #Callwell #SmallWars #ColonialViolence ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
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