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dont_shoot_jr t1_j6lo0os wrote

Reply to comment by manguito86 in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

Yes, let’s not besmirch colonialism

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Hambredd t1_j6mpl8d wrote

'The Nazis banned smoking.'

'WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING THE NASIZS!'

That what you sound like.

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manguito86 t1_j6m8shx wrote

Where did I say that? Not everything about colonialism is bad, everything about being a killing lunatic is bad.

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A_War_Of_Artillery t1_j6nrvva wrote

Unfortunately ‘twas the burden of the white man, to “civilize” these unfortunate peoples, but at least the economic benefit of looting, pillaging, and wealth extraction made up for the hardship of these superior peoples to carry the burden of territorial expansion.

But seriously, look at the vast majority of colonized peoples and tell me that colonialism was a good thing. White settlers don’t count as colonized peoples BTW.

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TehDandiest t1_j6mdrb6 wrote

What is the point of this modern hatred of colonialism? They were just empires spread over seas. Almost every nation that's ever existed had some sort of empire in its history with the exact same goals as colonialism. If they didn't, we'd still have city states rather than countries.

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NoMalarkyZone t1_j6mh4aq wrote

Colonialism was / is a system of wealth extraction from the developing world.

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TehDandiest t1_j6mn0fb wrote

Just like every other empire ever

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A_War_Of_Artillery t1_j6nsjr9 wrote

So maybe all empires are built on blood and the concept of empires in general is outdated and we should feel to criticize them?

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