On the document, Imperialism: A Study, which was written by John A. Hobson, he opposes imperialism because he believes that it is immoral; he argues that it was not encouraged by everyone in a nation as it only provided benefits to certain people. Another person who opposed imperialism was Anna Manning Comfort who is the author of Home Burdens of Uncle Sam, in which she talks about how the United States shouldn’t interfere with other countries as there are already many things going on within its own territory. However on the opposite side Rudyard Kipling, who is the author of White Man’s Burden, argues in favor of imperialism as he encourages the United States to take up the “burden”. Lastly, Jules Ferry was the French Minister who wrote Speech
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For example, “We have seen that it is motived, not by the interests of the nation as a whole, but by those of certain classes, who impose the policy upon the nation for their own advantage” (Hobson, 377) This is one of the arguments Hobson uses when giving his opinion on why imperialism isn’t good. Hobson believes that the motives for imperialism all revolve around economic gain, and he argues that this could be dangerous and could even lead to conflict. This being because it places the nation’s resources at the disposition of any British subject choosing to venture in the territory of a foreign state. Hobson further states, “Imperialism is a depraved choice of national life, imposed by self-seeking interests which appeal to the lusts of quantitative acquisitiveness and of forceful domination”(Hobson, 390). In Britain, imperialism was backed up by the Government in the sense that if a British individual chose to venture a foreign state, it was protected from any sort of injury caused by the Government or any inhabitant of the foreign state. Hobson believes that there are no boundaries in the minds of the selfish individuals that favor imperialism. If there is an opportunity of any sort of gain for them, they will take it regardless of the consequences or the effects because they have the British government backing them
For example, “We have seen that it is motived, not by the interests of the nation as a whole, but by those of certain classes, who impose the policy upon the nation for their own advantage” (Hobson, 377) This is one of the arguments Hobson uses when giving his opinion on why imperialism isn’t good. Hobson believes that the motives for imperialism all revolve around economic gain, and he argues that this could be dangerous and could even lead to conflict. This being because it places the nation’s resources at the disposition of any British subject choosing to venture in the territory of a foreign state. Hobson further states, “Imperialism is a depraved choice of national life, imposed by self-seeking interests which appeal to the lusts of quantitative acquisitiveness and of forceful domination”(Hobson, 390). In Britain, imperialism was backed up by the Government in the sense that if a British individual chose to venture a foreign state, it was protected from any sort of injury caused by the Government or any inhabitant of the foreign state. Hobson believes that there are no boundaries in the minds of the selfish individuals that favor imperialism. If there is an opportunity of any sort of gain for them, they will take it regardless of the consequences or the effects because they have the British government backing them