It is from The Future Results of British Rule in India, New York Daily Tribune, 08 August 1853
You can read the full text here: http://dcac.du.ac.in/documents/E-Resource/2020/Metrial/422AakanshaNatani2.pdf
He’s saying that England will destroy the existing industry and mode of production in India (which they did) and replace it something similar to what exists in England (which they did).
And the part from “when a great social revolution” onwards, he just says that after the epoch of bourgeoisie rule if there is a social revolution which puts the means of production in control of the people, then human progress will become less bloodthirsty and drink nectar instead of the blood of the slain. I can’t comment on the mention of “pagan”. I know nothing about that stuff.
Overall it’s fine.
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Also the idea of there being no social revolution in Asia is ridiculous. It’s something that Indigenous people in north america are sometimes accused of despite very high levels of political consciousness (and the rise and sublation of class societies) throughout their histories.
I initially took it as descriptive. Like an explanation and prediction regarding capital and its natural laws.
But this is a quote that I’ve seen brought up to criticize Marx’s orientalism by Edward Said in his book and I see it repeated a lot in discussions in development studies so it seems like it’s worth discussing critically.
Yeah you’re right. I shouldn’t have said it’s fine. It’s definitely worthy of criticism.
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