The tale, as spun by WIKIPEDIA, further unfolds-
“Malayan rubber and tin resources were used by the British to pay war debts to the United States and to recover from the damage of WWII .
Malayan Rubber exports from Britain were of greater value than all domestic exports from Britain to America, causing Malaya to be viewed by Britain as a vital asset.
Britain had prepared for Malaya to be an independent state, but only by handing power to a government subservient to Britain and allow British
businesses to keep control of Malaya’s natural resouces.“
It seems that Britain’s vaunted Welfare State was built on the theft of Malayan
and other resources from subject territories.
A moot point or a Loot one?
This ends the tale introduced here on 20th November.
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