A view of the interior of the Colosseum in Rome Italy, showing the structures that held seating and the underground systems for holding animals and gladiators before a show. Processed in sepia.

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I learned one really sad fact from my career as a columnist: nobody changes their mind about anything. Ever. Once we form the opinion, we become evidence processors and we just collect all the evidence that supports our opinion and reject all the evidence that disputes it.
-- Bob Metcalfe

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"Over 190 years of colonial rule, the British collapsed India's institutions and economy, and destroyed the equivalent of $45 Trillion. This is the shocking story of how the British; through the East India Company first, then the Crown, actually accomplished such a horrible feat.
Special thanks to Shashi Tharoor for his book, "Inglorious Empire," which inspired this video."—Odd Compass

The Unmaking of India: How the British Impoverished the World’s Richest Country >

https://youtu.be/gIzQxNZfGM4