45 trillion is literally more money than existed in the entire world at the time, the stat was made up by a bengalese communist. the raj was a net benefit to the indian subcontinent, had the largest railway network in all of asia. all the raj's faults can be pinned on the empires lax relationship with the east india company, not on the crown itself (which hasnt had much power since the glorious revolution anyway, so blame parliament more accurately.). even then all the raj's faults were because india governed too laxly and shouldve been more direct in how it governed the colonies. like how native merchants being allowed to hoard grain caused tons of famines. the only thing the british empire did wrong was spreading whiggery and enlightenment nonsense everywhere. otherwise it was a just regime. thats what made it mutually beneficial, the natives got massive infrastructure development and quality of life improvements in exchange for exports, which would often feed into eachother to rapidly catch up india with the rest of world. its what made the raj the only colony in the empire that was worth running long term. you act as if getting practical benefits from your benevolence is a bad thing.
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