A couple of possible edits for page 103 and 108:
103@13:18 there's a bit missing – underlined here:
All this before Luederitz had made his purchase.
Bismarck, on the face of the record, would appear to have been scrupulously correct. But the grizzled Realpolitiker
108@24:38 [there's sometimes a loose way in the book to refer to African areas as empire, kingdom and such, yet..]
Though the British had a protectorate treaty with the Kingdom of Borgu, the French claimed that the Kingdom of Nikki was the real suzerain of the Borgu country.
Though the British had a protectorate treaty with the King of Borgu, the French claimed that the King of Nikki was the real suzerain of the Borgu country.
Alister wrote: ↑April 4th, 2024, 6:35 am
But if you are interpreting me with more literalness, and abstractness, than I intended when I referenced a 'copy of Imperialism' then well. . . 'reaching' civilization might be a bit of a stretch. From the perspective of humanity, moving beyond the endless self-inflicted wounds that imperialism causes, between countries, and often domestically, well. . . we always sooner or later backslide don't we?
Actually, I was teasing, remembering the previous case of missing pages and the hilarious result of matching those two bits of text not supposed to go together. I try to behave with my political comments otherwise.
Alister wrote: ↑April 4th, 2024, 6:35 am
Hopefully your PL does not require gunboat diplomacy or deployment of troops to another continent. I would be very concerned.
I don't know. Can I get my title just like that? Sir DrSpoke! - without deploying lies, booze and firepower to get hold of not-free -> virtually-free-> really not-free-as-of-now freehold?