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He belonged to an era when European imperialists imagined they had a grand historic mandate to rule "lessdeveloped" peoples and that "civilized standards" were more important than one-man, one-vote elections.
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Now, these traditional industries are losing their competitive edge to lessdeveloped countries who can take the same technology and use cheaper labour and raw materials to produce the same products for a fraction of the cost.
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