re: Name a former English colony not better off than before it was colonized.

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Sure, the British are responsible for all of the technological advances the past century that made the world a better place. Authoritarian government is always the solution.

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Are you arguing that the British didn’t rule with an authoritarian iron fist?

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Sure, the British are responsible for all of the technological advances the past century that made the world a better place.

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I mean, they were responsible for most of the inventions of the 18th and 19th centuries that massively improved quality of life. England’s capitalism combined with a string of decent monarchs was a winning combination for a while. The English invented the steam engine, the modern factory, the automated loom, the internal combustion engine, bessemer process for making steel, all kinds of crops via cross-breeding, modern municipal plumbing, railroads, etc.

Americans did, however, invent the steamboat, electricity, the telephone, telegraph, cotton gin, the mechanical reaper, artificial rubber, gasoline, etc.