Were colonial empires worth it ? Sure, they brought a lot of

We got the banh mi sandwich out of the deal, I'm ok with it.

Seriously though, the Brits seem very proud of their empire, but at the end of the day, their empire was pretty useless against the Axis.

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>>2073715
They were garbage
Britain's greatest achievement is a hack
European empires are where it's at

>>2075280
How sophomoric

>>2073715
Some of them were profitable in the long run and extremely useful, but most of these were the earliest lands settled. By the time of the new colonialism there was never really enough time or good enough land to make the colonialism worth it economically. The only example of late colony I can think of being successful is Hawaii

>>2075304
Conquering all that stuff wasn't easy though. Britian could project its power, that wasn't the case for every european country. But in the end, those colonies were loosely controled, relied heavily on the natives cooperation. It's not about if it was impressive or not, but if it was really profitable.