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Britain’s extractive colonial strategy was profitable in the short term but created the conditions for its own collapse. The Short-term Profitability (1757-1900s) Why Extraction Worked Initially Global dominance: Britain’s naval and military superiority meant no other power could challenge its colonial hold. Massive wealth transfer: Britain extracted enormous wealth from India—estimated at trillions of dollarsContinue reading “Why Britain Couldn’t Maintain its Empire”