Racism

Unlike in Britain, where fascism is distinctly British. White Englunder supremacist Post Empire drivel proudly flying the Butchers Apron instead of the Swastika.

👍It was Atlee's government which introduced concentration camps for the Malaysian civilian population during the Malaysian 'emergency', whilst robbing the country of it's rubber resources.

What are your sources for all this Rogue? You have mentioned it before. The British did indeed establish concentration camps in Malaya [not Malaysia, it didn't exist until 1963], but the people forced into them mainly had nothing to do with the rubber industry. Rubber trees are not native to Malaya. The rubber plantations were mainly owned by British entrepreneurs using indentured Indian labour. (Think of the tales of Somerset Maugham.) The people forced into the camps were mainly Chinese farmers who worked unclaimed land on the fringes of the jungle. They were accused of supporting the communist guerrillas (also mainly Chinese) who sought refuge in the jungle when not attacking British targets in the towns and countryside. The Chinese farmers were also often forced to support the guerrillas. British rubber plantations were an exploitative industry using an introduced crop and introduced labour run entirely for British profits, although I am sure a lot of Chinese capital was involved as well. The tin industry would be a better example of the British 'robbing the country' of its resources, but again the Chinese had been heavily involved in that industry for over a century. It used mainly Chinese labour until it was mechanised in the early 20th century. The Malays and the indigenous people of Malaya were not much involved in either industry except some Malays owned small plots of rubber trees. They were more likely to be small farmers or working for the British in the army or police. The British granted Malaya independence in 1957 and oversaw the creation of Malaysia in 1963. President Soekarno of Indonesia famously called the latter a British neo-imperialist plot designed to guarantee British economic and security supremacy in the region, but they began to pull back by the late 1960s. Plenty of racism involved in the British involvement in Malaya, but your representation seems a bit skew-whiff

Okay. Good site you linked to. It is good to note though that the modern Malaysian story is full of racist rhetoric, especially Malays against Chinese

A story thats as old as the hills and has been a constant in teh history of humanity

Doesn 't make it right of course but all history is about powerful individuals , tribes , states , religions etc exploiting the weaker .

The device you are reading this message on is part of the same process , as are the clothes you wear and the food you buy . That coffee you drank earlier ? Same again

I know we all know this but it does make the What Aboutery ring a bit hollow .

Britain was just one of many powerful nations who took advantage when it was the done thing .

What does hte hand ring now achieve as none of us were born then ?

Again , not saying thats right but its just how it is , or was , hopefully going forward we can see less of it .