In general, colonialism was a net _____ for the cultures who got colonized
Yeah, I feel a bit mixed about it? Like, it depends heavily on the individual place that got colonized - wide variety in how shitty the colonizers were - and while original cultures were often suppressed, a lot of benefits came too (tech and medicine).
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I think these articles express the two sides to this well: https://slate.com/business/2006/10/which-country-is-the-best-colonizer.html … https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/09/a-quick-reminder-of-why-colonialism-was-bad … In my view though, centralized domination over others is anathema regardless of alleged benefits. Colonialism (& subsequent Western economic imperialism) is a great evil.
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