This idea, popularized by narratives like Lord of the Flies, furthers the notion that society is just a thin veneer and people are just going to become animals the second civilization isn’t around to tell them what to do. Ideas like this were/are used to justify colonialism.https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1259248932326170631 …
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Oh yeah, that infamous trope
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Conrad in his letters is much more positive about *British* colonialism than colonialism in general. He bought into the idea that Britain's colonial mission was somehow less rapacious I think the fact that he doesn't totally reject colonialism fills in a lot of gaps here
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True, I remember Marlow's quiet, "we-do-it-better" contempt for the Belgians
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