Subjects of imperial and post-imperial governments and those sympathetic to them have often considered imperialism an affront to their dignity. |
Normally the belief that the acquisition and maintainance of empires is a positive good, combined with an assumption of the cultural or other superiority of the imperial power.
Subjects of imperial and post-imperial governments and those sympathetic to them have often considered imperialism an affront to their dignity.
See also: Mercantilism, colonialism, Cultural imperialism