James Brooke and the British Empire

James Brooke got to explore a lot in his youth in India because Thomas Brooke was bad at imposing boundaries on his son. He's described by a biographer as not really clever but a good talker, which in 19th century English terms means he had a dull mind,. So he was a dumb guy who had a good education. These are the kind of men who build the British Empire. They are dumb men who are well educated, which is a very dangerous combination. Those are the kinds of guys that will do genocides for profits.