Colonialism, Capitalism and the East India Company with William Dalrymple | Intelligence Squared
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- William Dalrymple sits down with Intelligence Squared to discuss the history of the East India Trading Company, examining its role in the history of colonialism and its links to modern day capitalism.
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William is a pleasure to listen to because he knows history so well. Repeat of East India Company may take different shapes but, in an internet age, Cyber wars are subtle, opaque and do not require a multinational!
"Never Give All the Heart" by W.B. Yeats is a poem that offers a cautionary perspective on the nature of love and relationships. At its core, the poem warns against giving oneself completely in love, arguing that the passion and excitement of initial love can quickly fade away, leaving one vulnerable to heartbreak. Instead, Yeats suggests that holding back a part of oneself can help maintain the intensity and intrigue of the relationship.
One of the most interesting aspects of the poem is its use of gendered language. Yeats specifically addresses passionate women in the poem, suggesting that they are the ones who require the thrill of the chase to keep love exciting. This gendered perspective is reflective of the cultural norms of Yeats' time, which often placed men in the position of power and women as passive recipients of male affection. However, it is important to note that Yeats is not advocating for a misogynistic view of love; rather, he is pointing out the ways in which societal expectations can impact our understanding of what it means to love and be loved.
Another important aspect of the poem is its use of metaphor. Yeats compares love to a kind of play, suggesting that those who give their hearts up to the game may not be able to play it well enough if they are deaf and dumb and blind with love. This metaphor underscores the idea that love is a complex and often unpredictable phenomenon, one that requires a certain level of detachment and strategy to navigate successfully.
It is worth noting the tone of melancholy reflection that pervades the poem. Yeats speaks from a place of experience, suggesting that he himself has given all his heart and lost it. This lends a sense of credibility to his cautionary advice, as he speaks not from a place of theoretical knowledge but from personal experience.
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How is this an example of Capitalism? The East India Company, far from being a corporation founded on freedom of contract and sustained by the creation of profit through productive voluntary trade between individuals with the same recognition of property rights, was in fact an arm of the British Crown, with special privileges afforded to it - and special protections in place that gave it a monopoly status. This is not capitalism, this is a form of statism.Companies "do not send out armies to villiages" That is power exclusively held by the state, This is an act of statism in which the State uses a company to loot people. That is not capitalism,
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Capitalism has always relied on the state for its own reproduction. There is not, and never has been, a clean dividing line between the market and the state. A cursory reading of Streeck or Skocpol would disabuse you of this facile notion.
Enforceable contracts are critical, and you need a state to enforce them. States that have problems with that role are pretty messed up.
The state gave the company power to trade and wage war against those that stood in it's way of trade. A modern day equivalent would be a country protecting it's interest with force..
@@JasonBournee yeah which isn’t capitalism. Capitalism is the free market, ie a market which is free from force. A market in which the initiation of force is prohibited by government and may only be used in self defence. Capitalism is the social system in which individuals rights are protected by the implementation of property rights. in. A system in which corporations can use soldiers at the permission of the government is mercantilism, or another form of statism. There is a fundamental difference between a system in which force is permitted to be used by a business as a result of government privileges and one in which force is outlawed. The latter is capitalism.
If U.S. senators are on the payroll of corporations, sir, this would be a big problem.
this is no debate this is just one sided view glorifying the mughals..the hindus were always backward and still are backward..it is the bitter reality
The speaker's assertion that the US invaded Iraq (the second time) for oil, or more precisely, at the behest of Exxon, is completely bogus. Iraq was invaded in accordance with long standing UN international treaties, which compel signatory nations to intervene if a nation violates any of four prohibitions: amassing WMD's, invading other nations, harboring terrorists and genocide. By 2001 Iraq had repeatedly violated all four. Further, as a condition of invasion, US Congress stipulated that no Iraqi oil would be seized, and none ever was. To date, no American oil company has ever done business in Iraq. It was the speaker's nation, England, along with Russia, France and Iran, that had for so many years occupied Iraq with troops for oil and oil alone.
Maybe the reality that "WMDs" was a fabricated myth, has not reached your ears?
Absolutely nonsense - can you please link the evidence which ‘compels nations to intervene’ ?!?