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TehDandiest t1_j6mdrb6 wrote

Reply to comment by dont_shoot_jr 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

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So maybe all empires are built on blood and the concept of empires in general is outdated and we should feel to criticize them?

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