People often bring this up because the concentration camps and the scorched earth policy was undoubtedly barbaric. That's not what made them interesting in the British context though.
Scorched earth was a tactic as old as warfare itself, we can trace it as far back as the Scythians (around 550 BC).
The concentration camps were erected because a place was needed to keep the women and children to prevent them from feeding the Boers and undermining the tactic.
The concentration camps were badly administered and due to the farms being burned there was a shortage of food. They were erected precisely to avoid the slaughter of women and children though - but they were immoral and incredibly brutal. There's no denying the horror of them.
"I don't like my political opponents so let Russia colonise Ukraine whilst making nuclear threats thereby making Pax Americana a thing of the past and reducing my country's status in Europe and the world"
Culture warriors are culture warriors; not geostrategists. Whilst they may be right on some issues (wokeness is an imbecilic curse) they're small picture people because it's the only lens they can see anything through.
Culture warriors like Kirk look at everything through the lens of the culture war like Marxists look at everything through the lens of class and power, and intersectional cranks look at everything through the lens of immutable characteristics and invisible systems of power.
It's interesting to see what children were being taught when Britain was the dominant world power. What were the lessons that made us great?
So, without further ado, here's 𝘈𝘉𝘊 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘴 - A Victorian children's book published in 1899
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