In general, colonialism was a net _____ for the cultures who got colonized
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I have no idea about the net effect, so I picked neutral. My starting assumptions are that technology is good for people, wars and famines and slavery are bad for people, and stuff like traditional culture has no intrinsic value.
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We have to be a bit careful about attributing wars and slavery to colonialism, especially focusing on colonization by the west. Wars already existed, slavery already existed and was often more brutal with e.g. Arab slave trade in Africa.
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The people who reside in location X and the cultural program they have installed in their brains are not the same thing. You can benefit a group of people while destroying their culture. Eg. wiping out a cult is bad for the cult but good for cult members
