<p><pre><code>    &gt; Anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic
    &gt; for the Indian people for decades. Why stop now?
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I assumed anti-colonialism meant the license raj, protectionism, central planning, import substitution, and other illiberal policies brought in in 1947, that were sold at the time as being anti-colonial.<p>Can someone tell me what it actually means, or is the suggestion that these policies weren&#x27;t economic suicide?