Richard Werner

It was a situation where we had one global hegemon, Britain, running the world.

Half the world was formerly part of the British Empire.

Of course, not acquired through free and open elections, was it?

No.

Military force, at times extremely brutal, colonial suppression.

For quite a long time, the greater part in the subcontinent in India, run by a for-profit enterprise, the East India Company.

So you had colonialism run by a for-profit enterprise.

It's not a good idea.

It's not very nice for people.

The estimates vary of how many million Indians were killed under this rule by a for-profit company, being in charge of millions and millions of people.

And actually the ruling elite in the East India Company always had this view, well, it's too many Indians.

We don't really need that many Indians.

Horrible views out there.

Too many useless eaters.

This is where, by the way, this whole overpopulation agenda that I'd like to talk to you about came from.

It goes back to the East India Company because Malthus, who is this famous economist talking about overpopulation, he literally worked for the East India Company.

And it's known and there's many quotes of the East India Company people saying there's too many people, you know, we don't need all these Indians.

But anyway, we'll come back to it.

So that's the picture of the world.

So Britain, half the world directly under British control in a colonial regime.