Why Did Japan Outweigh The Benefits Of Imperialism

Imperialism has many costs and many benefits. Some benefits are new technology, education, and new weaponry. Some costs are many reforms, unfair trade treaties, and many deaths. With all the losses of imperialism, there were benefits that counteracted the costs of all the losses. The costs of imperialism are outweighed by the benefits of imperialism. Imperialism benefits in Japan outweighed the costs by gaining a spot as a world power, building a stronger military, and earning a higher spot in economic trade. Britain’s imperialism was beneficial because it helped make society more productive, less violent, and more organized. The imperialism of Japan was used to build a stronger military, advancing as a world power, and earn a high spot
The British imperialism of India was beneficial to the Indian people because it helped fix many wrong things in the government. In the Hindu culture, there are many traditions that take place and that are harmful to the Hindu people. One of the terrible traditions is infanticide, which is the killing of an infant. Another benefit for the Hindu culture is that there was equality between men for justice purposes. The imperialism by British was beneficial because it caused, “[a]bolition of suttee and infanticide… Allowing remarriage of Hindu widows, and charitable aid in time of famine… Freedom from oppression caused by the caprice or greed of despotic rulers, and from devastation by war. Equal justice between man and man” ( Naoroji 131-36). The British abolished the killing of infants and suttee, the suicide of a widow at the funeral of the husband, which saved the lives of many infants as well as many grieving widows. There was also saving from the oppression from other rulers, thus leading the Hindu to keep their religion. The benefits of British imperialization outweighed the costs because it saved the lives of many Hindu widows and Hindu