Which point is Mark Twain making in "To the person sitting in darkness"

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Beekeeper · Answer 1 · 2023-11-30T08:20:07+0000

"To the Person Sitting in Darkness" is an essay by American author Mark Twain published in the North American Review in February 1901. It is a satire exposing imperialism as revealed in the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath, the Boer War, and the Philippine–American War, expressing Twain's anti-Imperialist views.

Sylwek · Answer 2 · 2023-12-01T07:52:26+0000

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Imperialists preach the value that they do not practice

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Imperialism is cover for greed, according to Mark Twain. Americans have come to conquer not redeem.

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