And Malaysia had a third strike against it: for all the talk of the “white man’s burden,” the European powers did little to improve living standards in the countries they ruled. The dramatic decline in India’s share of global GDP under Britain’s rule, as Britain passed trade laws designed to benefit its textile producers at the expense of those in its colony, is the most visible example.
对此马来西亚还有第三种攻势：尽管“白人的责任”已是老生常谈，但欧洲列强在提高其统治国的生活标准方面几乎无所建树。最明显的例子就是当英国通过了旨在牺牲殖民地的利益来使其纺织品生产商获利的贸易法之后，在其统治之下的印度的GDP占全球的份额急剧下降。