Amidst loud cheers, India recently dismissed Facebook's attempt to introduce Free Basics to the country. And while Mark Zuckerberg must've cried on the inside, he did manage to conceal his disappointment to a great extent.

However, Facebook board member and Silicon Valley major Marc Andreessen wasn't so subtle.

Probably disappointed at India's decision to dismiss Free Basics, Marc took to Twitter to vent his frustration.

And effectively managed to offend the entire nation in the process.

In the above mentioned tweet, Marc actually asserted that India would've been better off had it been still under colonial rule and that fighting 'anti-colonial' notions such as net neutrality would only bring economic misery to the country.