Britain invaded almost the whole world, so why did few countries hate it?

For thousands of years, the world has almost always been in a state of "you fight me, I fight you", especially in Europe, as long as any country is a little ahead, it will soon start a war. In today's world, there is a situation of superpowers and many powers, and the United States is the ultimate beneficiary of World War II, laying the foundation for global hegemony in one fell swoop. However, if this were put 200 years ago, the United States would still be far from the number one, because at that time, it was the United Kingdom that hit the whole world.

As we all know, Britain was the first country in the world to industrialize, and the primitive accumulation of capital opened the way for Britain's industrialization. Soon after, advanced technologies such as steam engines and jet engines were introduced, and in the same era of the European continent, britain was the only one. After a period of development, britain's military level was far ahead, and his ever-expanding ambitions made him no longer satisfied with domestic development, they needed more land and people. So Britain extended its tentacles to neighboring countries. In 1801, Britain took the lead in attacking Ireland, and after its annexation, the name of the United Kingdom was changed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Subsequently, Britain attacked Asia, occupying India and many countries in Southeast Asia, but it did not dare to take a shot at China. However, Britain, which had countless colonies overseas, became the largest country in history and the largest global colonial empire. At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain had a population of 400-500 million, a territory of 33.67 million square kilometers, occupying a quarter of the world, known as the "Empire of the Sun Never Sets".

By the mid-19th century, Britain had colonies in Iran, South Africa, Egypt, East Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and other places, and traded throughout the world. According to statistics, at Britain's peak, 90% of the world's countries were its colonies, and only 22 countries were spared. It was not until the 1870s that Britain's industrial monopoly was broken, and Germany, France, the United States and other countries rose up, knocking down britain's dazzling "sun".

But why did British colonial rule cover almost the whole world, but few countries hated it? And India, which was originally deeply affected by it, regarded british colonization as an honor, and even Some Indians said that their language was the real English, more authentic than the british people today. In fact, in the hundreds of years of British colonization, it has always adhered to a principle: leave a line in everything and see each other in the future.

As an island country isolated overseas in Europe, Britain will never allow a superpower on the European continent, so he will fight against Spain's Armada in the 16th century, engage in an anti-French alliance in the 17th and 18th centuries, and after the rise of Tsarist Russia, fight against Tsarist Russia, after Germany catches up, and then unite with its former nemesis, France, to jointly attack Germany... However, although the fight is fought, the colonization is returned to the colony, but the United Kingdom will never be exterminated, it can be regarded as one of the countries in the world that "treated" the defeated countries, just like the words of Xie Ruolin in "Latent": If you don't shoot me, I will come back to life, and we can still do business.

In addition, British colonization also brought advanced technology to a certain extent, and for those countries, Britain improved the living standards of the local people and greatly promoted the development of productive forces. In the end, Britain's attitude of admitting mistakes was quite correct, and after World War II, British colonies demanded independence, and Britain did not stop them, but gave them full respect. However, the British did not feel that the Opium War was their fault until now, and in the british mind, it was just an insignificant war, they just wanted to "do business".