Monday, August 15, 2011

Is it weird that my non-white grandparents want the British Empire to be restored to full size?

My grandparents are of Oriental extraction but grew up as lower-middle cl shopowners in the British West Indies. They said the British Empire gave them a higher quality of life than not. Shops were full of British goods, roads were maintained, law and order was routine. Many people have told me that most people who want the British Empire to continue are white British and/or of the higher/elite cl. But obviously my grandparents aren't. They moved from the British West Indies when their island, Trinidad, achieved independence. They said that they refused to live in an independent nation since only Britain knew how to govern the country properly, and that it goes for all countries: That European imperialism is the only driving force to achieve stability and prosperity in the world, not independence. They are approaching their 90s and are still fiercely loyal to the Crown.

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