Question

When Kipling says that the reward for Imperialism is “the blame of those ye better/ and the hate of those ye guard” to what is he referring to? What would those natives who Imperialist powers “bettered” blame Imperial powers for?

Answer 1

Kipling is referring to the fact that imperialism is a double-edged sword, where the imperialist powers may receive blame and hatred from those they sought to improve, as well as from those they sought to guard against. Natives who were bettered by imperialist powers may blame them for cultural and economic exploitation, loss of sovereignty, and other negative consequences of colonialism.

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