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Eugine Nier's avatar

> It is not clear which view of imperialism was more nearly correct.

It's also not clear which version is better. An argument can be made that an Empire run as a money making concern is going to be better tun than one run as a subsidized evangelizing humanitarian project for the same reason a company run as a money making concern is going to be run better than one run as a subsidized evangelizing humanitarian project.

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Bob's avatar

Most criticism of Rudyard Kipling smacks of jealousy. He was by far the most popular poet of his time. He wrote about ordinary people. He wrote especially well about soldiers. Military people to this day love his work. He refused the post of Poet Laureate.

These days poets and songwriters mostly write about themselves. We rarely get songs like “Wichita Lineman”.

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