Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made some incredible statements, essentially giving a brilliant response to ReformUK leader Nigel Farage’s dear friend, MU Co-Owner Jim Ratcliff’s comment, “Immigrants have taken over the UK.” Whether Farage and Ratcliff will feel any shame remains to be seen.
Here are Modi’s incredible words:
“The United Kingdom must understand that the laws and symbols imposed upon us are worthless. We were once called a country of poverty. Today, the Indian economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom. Students have surpassed teachers, and the colonized are now governing the colonizer. While grappling with their own instability, we demand the respect that a power supporting global growth deserves.”
Yes, once impoverished India is now the world’s second largest economy after China. Even the UK is now lagging behind.
Modi: The once colonial country is now governed by the very people it colonized. Today, as one of the world’s most important global powers, we shout to the UK: We are no longer a colony of the UK and we deserve respect. ‘
So what does this mean? If you live in a glass house, you shouldn’t throw stones at other people’s houses; if your history is the history of colonialism, you shouldn’t accuse anyone of colonialism. Otherwise, someone will come along and throw the truth in your face.