What was the economic advantage to direct rule over colonies?

Direct rule had the advantage of keeping rivals out. Otherwise it was bloody expensive in money and lives. So colonizers established Indirect Rule. Natives became junior partners and became the conveyor belt for colonial interests. They were assisted by Askaris, Gurkhas and Sikhs doing most of the fighting and dying.

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This is, because it was the right thing to do.

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answer: karl marx, max weber, and emile durkheim (the fourth could be considered georg simmel)

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