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Yes Canada was completely pillaged by colonialism. 
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See the happy, happy Indians going down to the riverbank to welcome the European visitors to Canada.Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Yes Canada was completely pillaged by colonialism.
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Quebecquis if Kosovo can do it so can you get started!Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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Absent Europeans, who would have gotten Africans together for long enough to build railroads? There was nothing resembling nation-states in Africa. Who would have enabled long-distance trade? Why do you think this would happen by itself? Eritrea is having huge difficulties rebuilding their one railroad line today, and they're one of the better organized African states.Originally posted by GePap
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Western advances in medicine and sanitation and new crops would have made it into Africa regardless of direct "Western" control, and those are the things responsible for mass population growth. You of course would also have to figure a slower advance in the West, given that Western economic dominance was built in part by massive exploitation of African resources and African labor (and earlier exploitation of the Americas)
The West did not just gift anything to Africa. All those railroads in Africa that people mention - they were built by Africans and paid in full by the explotaition of African resources extracted by Africans.Comment
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It wasn't meant to be the truth but instead was supposed to stimulate a conversation to help us get a little closer to the truth.Originally posted by MrFun
quoted for mother-****ing truthTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu!Originally posted by VetLegion
There was nothing resembling nation-states in Africa.Comment
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Originally posted by Zkribbler
Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! Zulu!
Ethiopia! Ethiopia! Ethiopia! Ethiopia! Ethiopia! Ethiopia!Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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And let us not forget the civilizations of northern Africa, stretching from the delta of the Nile to the waters of Casablanca.
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Re: Re: How bad was colonialism really?
Measured by GDP/capita and taking inflation into account many if not most African states are worse off than half a century ago. Their economies have expanded slower than their populations, so it's simple arithmetics. Even worse, their economies have in some cases been shrinking in the past few decades.Originally posted by LordShiva
Exceptions are countries in the very north and south. In between it is very bad.Comment
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Songhai and Mali were around as were the various Nubian successor states.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Then again, there's been a major multination conflict in the Congo, and conflict in Darfur and Chad in the north. Wars are bad for the economy (unless you're into war profiteering
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Re: Re: Re: How bad was colonialism really?
Africa is a place with great income inequality. GDP/capita is not a good measure of living standards. Times were better for the rich 50 years ago but most people lived on subsistance income just as they do today.Originally posted by VetLegion
Measured by GDP/capita and taking inflation into account many if not most African states are worse off than half a century ago. Their economies have expanded slower than their populations, so it's simple arithmetics. Even worse, their economies have in some cases been shrinking in the past few decades.
Exceptions are countries in the very north and south. In between it is very bad.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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............. not when economic colonialism is so much more profitable with so much less risk.Originally posted by Whoha
Neither Europe nor the United states will be re-doing colonialism."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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Once the latest wave to nationalize everything starts even that will be over.Comment
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