The Telegraph: Clive must not fall. The arch-imperialist deserves his place in Whitehall Ned Ma Clive, Havelock, Gordon, Churchill and many more must fall. John Money Ned Ma why?? John Burton Ned Ma Then you must fall. Or leave if you haven't already Ned Ma John Money Like in many other countries, there are things omitted from the school curriculum on purpose. Let's start with Clive / Clive of India. He was a colonial figure. If you are a supporter of the British empire then the discussion will end soon. While celebrated for his military successes in establishing British dominance, Robert Clive is also criticized for amassing a vast personal fortune through corruption and for policies that led to the Bengal famine of 1770, which resulted in the deaths of millions. Horace Walpole, Whig politician and author, said of the “sovereigns of Bengal”: “They starved millions in India by monopolies and plunder, and almost raised a famine at home by the luxury occasioned by their opulen...
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51