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In our timeline there was a big myth of the "White Man's Burden" to improve the lot of native peoples. However, empires generally did not run this way in practice, typically running the place for the benefit of the metropole. What would be needed for a colonial power to genuinely seek to improve the indigenous people's livelihoods across its empire? I was thinking maybe a change in mindset at the beginning of colonization due to people like Edmund Burke getting in power.
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