I meant by force not choice, lol

they didn't 'produce'; they 'acquired'

i.e. stole

oh force the consitution like Japan

great britain pioneered what was basically industrial era slavery

cash cropping

and that sorta stuff

life in colonial india was very very very shitty

well all of europe was in complete chaos post war

this is also why GDP is a lousy economic indicator

look at the youtube channel the great war

the production capacity of the brits was a fraction of the US at ANY time i

its amazing civilization remained at all

In 1900 both the UK and India had larger economies than Germany, and both were part of the British empire which combined was still the worlds largest economy

the production capacity of the brits was greater than americca for the entire first half of the industrial revolution

@ManAnimal

yes, but by that time most of that was finacial in nature

By 1910 Germany surpassed both but was still less wealthy than the British empire

it began with the textile industry

new england was the first industrialized region and it took a while for it to spread

In 1920 Germany dropped back below for obvious reasons

If the UK kept India, Africa and the middle east they'd own the worlds oil and everything would be made in India instead of China, the biggest ball dropped in history and the cherry on the cake is that the anti colonialists where communists going back to the 1800s

meanwhile in england it spread very quickly

england also had the advantage of population concentration

'production capacity' not 'production output'

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which was much more ideal for transporting materialand building factories

Remember that India and Ghandi literally wanted to deindustrialise and return to agriculture

yup

@ManAnimal england had a bigger pop than the us for a very very long time

and with pop goes production

They would actually be an industrial state if they stayed with the UK

the us only had 1 million americans at the time of the revolution

of course, most of europe still does

britain had many times that

despite being relatively small

most of europe doesnt have coal deposits AND easy sea access though

Issue is the UK is smol

population density is some 30-50% greater in most european countries than in the US

likewise britain used their military to crush their competitors