Some plunder - yea. Some English. Some civilization. Just compare English and Spanish colonies - you'll see the difference. The difference in the former colonies' prospects. The plunder and murder are about the same.
The real problem was the introduction of antiseptics. The selfless European medics gifted the Third World with it's overpopulation, hunger and modern cannibalism...
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