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Given that Britishers ruled and owned half the world in 18th19th and early 20th century, then why were there so much poverty and homelessness in England during those times. Why didn't the English just simply sent the citizens to the other countries and gave them small jobs in India or South Africa?

by /u/Guaranteed_username in /r/AskHistorians

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