The imperialist construct is an anachronism built on neocolonial skullduggery
By Dr. Mathew Maavak, a Malaysian expert on risk foresight and governance.
Upon the accession of Charles III as King of the United Kingdom and 14 other
realms, questions have emerged over the continued
relevance of the wider
Commonwealth of Nations headed by the British monarch. The Commonwealth is a grouping of 56 nations, with a total combined population of 2.2 billion people. Among these nations, only Australia, New Zealand and Canada enjoy a special relationship with the UK, through the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (which also includes the United States).
Commonwealth membership benefits for the most part are pretty much nonexistent. This begs the question of why an aspiring superpower like India would demean itself by remaining in a colonially-defined international compact. A quick glance at the Commonwealth map will reveal a scattered morass of mediocrity, inequality and/or poverty.
Some may rebut this observation by citing Singapore as a stellar example of a successful ex-British colony. In that case, name one world-class product, scientist, intellectual, chess grandmaster, musician or writer from that nation? Or a comedian, for that matter? RT
The above is the introductory paragraphs of an article in RT. It asked an embarrassing question that daft fans of the British colonial Empire sheepily refuse to ask or to want to think about. The British monarch created this farce and they simply follow the pipe piper. After all they have been colonised and ruled by the Brits and it is second nature to take orders from the Brits, even in this stupid and humiliating organisation that continues to tell them that they were the conquered, colonised and ruled colonies of the British Empire. To the British this is something they are very proud of. To the colonised, if they are able to think, and have a little pride and dignity, being conquered, colonised and ruled by the British is a sad and shameful thing. Why still stupidly clinging to this shameful part of their history?
India, an aspiring world power, very proud of being independent, and was ruled the longest by the Brits, still unashamingly choose to remain in the Commonwealth that offers nothing to the ex colonies except to honour the British monarch and the British Empire and to acknowledge that they were once colonies, ruled people.
Where are the nationalists and proud people of independent countries to stand up and say this is a shameful scam, a deceitful myth to remind the colonised people of their demeaning fate in a time when the Brits made them subjects or servants/slaves of the British Empire, that they were conquered people and belonged to the Brits?
If India is worthy of an aspiring big power, it should be taking the lead to dump this shameful historical anachronism into the dustbin of history, never to be reminded again of its existence. What commonwealth when all the wealth went one way, to Britain?