Progress rode on coercion: railways and courts modernized India. Yet empire rested on extraction and oppression, staining that progress with blood and burden.
I agree. Conquest should forge unity and order; coercion breeds rebellion, and lasting progress demands the consent of the governed.
Yes, I agree. Another angle: science thrives on free inquiry, not coercion; extraction and oppression corrode the curiosity that makes progress real.
Extraction and oppression stain progress, I concede. Yet true progress wears justice as its finest attire, not coercion's disguise.
