Boer War: The starting point of the end of the British Empire

For a modern ethnic empire that has been infected with wealthy disease

In a war that actively provoked

The most fundamental prerequisite for the city is smooth and fast in war

If not, public opinion is like the water of ebb tide

Yesterday's support was quickly converted to accusations and attack

If the Bills of the British Boolean are a war that a diamond dealer Rodes and others, they aimed at controlling South African mineral resources, at least the British Volkswagen would not agree at the time. Isn't it? Didn't they have condemned the Jonson expedition to the Boolean, which is said to have been conspired and supported by Rodz and others, isn't Rodz almost lost his reputation, not only loses the post of South African colonial prime minister, but he almost made him almost made him. Does the company lose the various mining and operating franchise?

The so -called empires with their own interests have launched various expansion wars due to their own selfishness. They often look for the debt -style supplement after autumn, especially when things are not progressing smoothly, just like the American public often "wake up at the beginning of dreams": It turned out that what the US government's actions in the Middle East and Central Asia may be more for the interests of the petroleum group, rather than the simplicity of promoting democracy and freedom.

On the one hand, this kind of complement has the meaning of reflection and correction, and on the other hand, there is no shortage of media and the public to find the smell of shame for themselves. It is better to prove that the public supports government actions. The imperialists of the medicine may be manipulated by the interest group.

This kind of drama that accusations with each other afterhand is common, and the authors of "Diamond, Gold, War: British, Boer, and South Africa" ​​are common in the "Democratic Empire". Let people deeply review the logic and pushing hands of the modern national empire.

Prior to launching the Boolean War, the interests group in South Africa, the UK's imperial bureaucrats and the public reached a consensus on the necessity of war, forming a "conspiracy", which is the most interesting highlight of this book. The most critical point is how to define the three -party interests on the basis of the so -called empire interest.

Let's look at the demands and plots of the South African interest group. Volkswagen needs to be mobilized, and imperial bureaucrats need to be persuaded. South African interest groups with mine owners such as Rodz also need to persuade and mobilize themselves. Obviously, Rodes did not think that the Cruspers of the Boers were purely to enhance their economic interests. Although the two republics of the Boer and the existing colonies in the UK are more conducive to forming a unified production and consumer market. This kind of thinking mode is not completely out of self -deception, because in the final analysis, Rhodes have won diamonds in the Kimbeli area, and the Burr's gold's mining and management rights are mostly in the hands of British diaspora. Xiaoli played.

The reason why Roders persuaded themselves was that British diasporas in the Republic of Teramov could not be given complete citizenship and were regarded as second -class citizens. From the perspective of the Boer people, the citizen of the British who has gradually increased the number of people and has already controlled the economic pulse of the economy is tantamount to opening the door. In the next step, the British guy will definitely not wait to initiate a referendum to join the British Empire. And this is indeed the dream of Rods. After completing the economic revolution against the Boolean, it will hit the Grand Canal Blackland with the disabled through the political revolution but still disabled -indulge in the predecessor's agricultural and animal husbandry economy and personal denim. Heroism, and has serious racial discrimination, the Boers, who are included in the Great British Empire symbolizing the model of modern civilization. In the process, South African interest groups, Boer, British in the Boolean Republic, and the British Empire were winning.

For the imperial bureaucrats in London, if the Boer's territory can be included in the Majesty, it is natural to ask for it. The scope and glory of the empire, as well as the system and system and road self -confidence, have been further blessed, adding a large overseas market, which can be more powerful to deter the Germans who have the same moves in Southwest Africa and East Africa, and so on. Of course, for the bureaucratic individuals, there are more opportunities to be released as the officials, and they can add a strong stroke to their career.

For the British popularity that has been immersed in the Glory of the British Empire for many years and began to enjoy the economic interests of the colonial economic interests, the tame of the tame not only means more employment opportunities, but more of the empire expansion dividends to be shared, but also the success of the British civilization paradigm. Essence As South Africa has become part of the British Empire more firmly, more and more Africans have enjoyed modern fruits from Capeston to Cairo, and are shining by the glory of civilization.

In this way, the three parties seemed to have reached a conspiracy that was rejoiced inadvertently. Each side had a reasons for the reasons, and each party also had a small ninety -nine. What is absent here is the object of conspiracy. The opinions of the Boer seem to be insignificant. How the local black Aboriginal people think of how to think about it.

This is also the standard of all the dreams of the empire or the imperial disease: those who are conducive to the empire must be conducive to the world. The expansion of the empire's interest border must mean the expansion of civilized order. And because the continuous expansion of the empire needs to be defended and preserved, the banner of the empire will travel all the way to the ends of the world until it is full of the world. Once a modern national empire enters this state, it basically ushered in the watershed from the prosperity to decline. It will soon encounter the boundary of its ability: more and more benefits that need to be defended, but the income of expansion is getting more and more few. This is also the deep reason why the old -fashioned empires do not believe that emerging forces will rise peacefully and draw a clear expansion boundary. They are not too worldly, but that they are too familiar with this unstoppable self -driving expansion. In the Boolean War, the British Empire, which had been roughly smooth and booming, felt his old manner and power for the first time. Once the opponent converts from the indigenous people and predecessors who know nothing about modern warfare to the same way of configuration of modern weapons and firepower organizations, and have won the white species of the guerrilla war war. Turned to black. The British Empire was a giant with a fatigue, and was played by the Boer who was flexible and brave and fearless like a small man.

For a modern ethnic empire that has become rich and wealthy, in a war that actively provoked, the most fundamental premise of the city's city is the smooth and fast war. If not, public opinion, like the water of ebb, quickly converted to accusations and attack yesterday. The people feel that they are deceived, fooled, and become cannon fodder. The conspiracy theory is very loud, and the fear of fighting and refusal will become the norm. At this time, the end of the end will become a new consensus. Performing the painful farce.

The Boolean War is undoubtedly a double losing game. Boolery Life is charcoal, and his homeland has become a scorched earth. After the Great British Empire paid an unexpectedly expected price, he harvested a unwilling New South African Federation, and inadvertently strengthened the South African community consciousness with Boolean culture. Foreshadowing for each other in the future.

Of course, the strength of the British Empire is that its mature constitutional framework can accommodate disputes and compromises, giving the newcomers a barely interested position, so that South Africa enjoys full autonomy under the obedience of the surface. In return, South Africa's "World War I" and "World War II" strongly helped the British Empire, and the British, which caused the British to be a headache in the Boer War, became the key to the Empire Military Commission during the "World War I".

If the end of the British Empire is a long play, the Boolean War was undoubtedly a starting point, although there were not many people who realized this at the time. From the end of the ending to the lengthy Yuyin, the Boolean war showed the logical curve of the ups and downs of the British Empire.

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